Honduran President Meets Chinese Official With Trade Deal on Horizon

China's Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hua Chunying waves while leaving the Presidential House after a meeting with President Xiomara Castro in Tegucigalpa on August 13, 2024. Orlando SIERRA / AFP

Honduran President Xiomara Castro met Tuesday with China’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hua Chunying, to strengthen bilateral relations and negotiate a new trade agreement, Castro’s government said.

Enrique Reina, the Honduran foreign minister, told reporters that Hua “visited the country to advance several items.”

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