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The diplomatic relationship is significant from the perspective of the ROC because its embassy to the Holy See is its only remaining embassy in Europe. [11]: 181 For its contacts with the PRC, see China–Holy See relations. India: 1948 See Holy See–India relations. The Holy See has a nunciature in New Delhi. India has an embassy in Rome.
Diplomatic relations were broken by the French government in 1904. In 1917, France blocked the Holy See's efforts to establish diplomatic relations with the Republic of China. [1]: 182 As a result, Vatican interests in China were represented by an Apostolic Delegate (which does not have formal diplomatic status) until the 1940s. [1]: 182
Francis, pope since March 2013, said in a 2015 news media interview that he wished to visit China and improve the China-Holy See relationship. [17] It was reported that on a papal visit to South Korea in August 2014 China opened its airspace to the Pope's plane, and while crossing Chinese airspace the Pope sent a telegram expressing his "best ...
Holy See–Spain relations are foreign relations between the Holy See and Spain. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1480. This is the oldest permanent diplomatic mission in history. The Holy See has a nunciature in Madrid. Spain has an embassy in Rome.
At present, there is one residential apostolic delegate, for Jerusalem and Palestine, as well as non-residential delegates for four countries (Brunei, Laos, Mauritania, and Somalia) and for the territories and countries without diplomatic relations with the Holy See in three regions (the Arabian Peninsula, the Caribbean, the Pacific Ocean).
See Bhutan–Spain relations China: 9 March 1973 [100] See China–Spain relations. China has an embassy in Madrid, and a consulate-general in Barcelona. Spain has an embassy in Beijing and consulates-general in Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. East Timor: 20 May 2002 [39] East Timor is accredited to Spain from its embassy in Lisbon, Portugal.
Spain hosted Expo 2008, with China being a participant, and China hosted Expo 2010 in which Spain had a pavilion. As a consequence, China has become Spain's sixth-largest trading partner. [1] In 2018, during Xi Jinping's state visit to Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez refused to sign a memorandum of understanding on the Belt and Road ...
The Concordat of 1953 was the last classic concordat of the Catholic Church, signed on 27 August 1953 by Spain (under the rule of Francisco Franco) with the Vatican (during the pontificate of Pope Pius XII). Together with the Pact of Madrid, signed the same year, it was a significant effort to break Spain's international isolation after World ...