Urhulumente we Estoniya ukwamkele ukuvulwa kwe-ofisi emele uqoqosho okanye yenkcubeko kwilizwe labo ngo Taiwan, eya kuthiywa igama layo ku Taipei. Nangona kunjalo, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba i-Estonia igcina ukuzinikela kwayo kuNye iTshayina umgaqo-nkqubo, oku kuthetha ukuba ayiqapheli ngokusemthethweni iTaiwan kwaye ayiyi kubandakanyeka kubudlelwane bezopolitiko kunye norhulumente waseTaiwan.
"Njengamanye amazwe amaninzi e-European Union, i-Estonia ikulungele ukwamkela ukusekwa kwe-non-diplomatic okanye ummeli wenkcubeko yaseTaipei ukukhuthaza ubudlelwane obunjalo," watsho. UMphathiswa weMicimbi yaNgaphandle uMargus kwingxelo emva kokuphononongwa rhoqo komgaqo-nkqubo karhulumente waseTshayina ngoLwesine.
I-Taipei likomkhulu laseTaiwan, kwaye iimishini zezoqoqosho nezenkcubeko zaseTaiwan phesheya zihlala zimiselwa phantsi kwegama elithi Taipei, hayi iTaiwan.
I-Estonia ayiqapheli ngokusemthethweni iTaiwan njengelizwe elahlukileyo kwaye ithobela umgaqo-nkqubo we-One China. Nangona kunjalo, i-Estonia ijonge ukomeleza amaqhina ezoqoqosho, ezemfundo, kunye nenkcubeko kunye neTaiwan kwaye ixhasa ukuthatha inxaxheba kwayo kwimiba yehlabathi, njengempendulo yobhubhane kunye nokubandakanyeka kwimibutho efana noMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi, ohambelana nomgaqo-nkqubo we-One China.
Umgaqo-siseko waseTshayina yinkolelo ebanjwe liQela lamaKomanisi laseTshayina yokuba kukho ilizwe elinye kuphela elizimeleyo elibizwa ngokuba yiChina, elilawulwa yiPeople's Republic of China njengegunya elisemthethweni. Ngokwalo mgaqo, iTaiwan iyinxalenye ebalulekileyo nengenakwahlulwa eTshayina.
