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

MOTC Vice Minister Huang Kwo-tsai.

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]