Focus Taiwan
2017/03/31 23:08:39
By: Chiu Po-sheng and Elizabeth Hsu
Taipei, March 31 (CNA) Taiwan’s efforts to recover money owed by African states that
Deputy Finance Minister Su Jan-jong (蘇建榮) made the declaration in response to reporters’ questions about a Reuters report Friday suggesting that the claims were a possible warning to Taiwan’s allies thinking of switching their allegiance to China.
Citing court documents, Reuters reported that Taiwan’s Export-Import Bank (Eximbank) had made claims to recover unpaid loans totaling US$261.4 million from the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Guinea-Bissau.
Taiwan has successfully sued the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a United States district court to recover US$212 million, Reuters said, while the case against Guinea-Bissau is still pending. [FULL STORY]