Taiwan delegation to visit Slovakia, Czech Republic and Lithuania

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All three countries gave coronavirus vaccines to Taiwan and have shown signs of wanting closer relations with the island, even if that angers China.

The 65-member group will visit the three countries between October 20 and 30 to promote trade ties and investment, said Chen Li-kuo, chief of the Taiwanese foreign ministry's European affairs department.

Beijing withdrew its ambassador to Lithuania and demanded Vilnius do the same, which it eventually did. Beijing tries to keep Taipei isolated on the world stage and baulks at any official use of the word "Taiwan" lest it lend the island a sense of international legitimacy.

 

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