Parliament's removal decision applauded

China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday that China welcomed and highly praised the Central American Parliament's decision to remove the Taiwan region as "a permanent observer".

The six-nation Parlacen gathered in the Nicaraguan city of Managua on Monday and approved 73 to 32 in a vote to include China as its permanent observer.

Speaking at a regular news briefing, Wang said this once again proves that standing up for the one-China principle is an unstoppable trend of the times and the right thing to do.

China is ready to develop friendly cooperation with Parlacen on the basis of the one-China principle, he said.