China's embassy in Panama operational: FM

A Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Wednesday said that China's embassy in Panama has started business.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado, Panama's vice president and foreign minister, sign the joint communique in Beijing, capital of China, June 13, 2017. [File photo: Xinhua/Zhang Ling]

According to spokesperson Lu Kang, China's office of commercial development in Panama has become the Chinese embassy in Panama since July 13.

China and Panama established formal diplomatic relations in June.