WASHINGTON—A visiting U.S. delegation has expressed to both leading presidential candidates in Honduras’ Nov. 28 election that Washington would like the country to maintain its long-standing diplomatic relations with Taiwan, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday.
Xiomara Castro, the main opposition leftist candidate, has previously said if victorious, she would opt to switch diplomatic relations from Taiwan over to communist Beijing, although no final decision had been made, according to one of her close aides on Tuesday.
