China adds Paraguay and Belize ministers to countermeasure sanctions list for supporting diplomacy with Taiwan

12 October 2026

China adds Paraguay and Belize ministers to countermeasure sanctions list for supporting diplomacy with Taiwantesting/Shutterstock.com

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has added Gustavo Emigdio Villate Samaniego, Paraguay's Minister of Communication and Technologies (Decree 21) and Francis Fonseca, Belize's Minister of Foreign Affairs (Decree 22) to its countermeasure sanctions...

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Maya Lester KC

Maya Lester KC is a senior barrister (King’s Counsel) at Brick Court Chambers with a wide-ranging practice in public law, European law, competition law, international law, human rights & civil liberties. She has a particular expertise in sanctions. She is the…

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