Taiwan's foreign minister has said he's closely monitoring exchanges between China and the Vatican City after Beijing officially recognized the authority of a Catholic bishop.
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00:00Taiwan's foreign minister says he's monitoring apparent deepening ties between China and
00:04the Vatican City.
00:05Taiwan's foreign minister says he's monitoring apparent deepening ties between China and
00:06the Vatican City.
00:07We closely monitor the interaction between the Vatican and China.
00:10We also closely cooperate with the Vatican on religion and freedom, and the human rights
00:19issues.
00:20There are a lot of exchanges between us.
00:22There are 200,000 to 300,000 believers, which is why we are the most solid backer in diplomacy.
00:29His comments come after Beijing officially recognized the authority of a Catholic bishop
00:34in China, who was previously under house arrest.
00:37The Vatican celebrated the decision, calling it the positive fruit of dialogue between
00:42the Holy See and Beijing.
00:43The move has prompted concerns that the Holy See could switch diplomatic ties from Taiwan
00:48to China.
00:50Vatican City is one of only 12 countries that maintains official diplomatic ties with Taiwan,
00:56and the only one in Europe.