Taiwan News
Date: 2016-09-23
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Even though Taiwan did not receive an invitation to attend the Triennial
Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization in Canada next week, the Civil Aeronautics Administration would nevertheless still send a delegation to Montreal, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said Friday.
President Tsai Ing-wen and Foreign Minister David Lee separately expressed their dismay and discontent Friday with the fact that no letter of invitation had arrived for the September 27 to October 7 event. Chinese pressure against Tsai’s Democratic Progressive Party government team has widely been blamed for the letter not coming.
Despite that fact, the CAA would still send a representative to Montreal, where she could interact with delegations outside the meeting hall, said MOTC Vice Minister Wang Kwo-tsai. CAA Deputy Director General Ho Shu-ping would travel to Canada for the event, he added. [FULL STORY]