Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/25
By: Elaine Hou and Shih Hsiu-chuan 

Taipei, Aug. 25 (CNA) The European Union continues to support Taiwan’s participation in international fora in which the country can contribute and hopes that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait will refrain from taking action that will intensify regional tension, EU Representative to Taiwan Madeleine Majorenko said.

The EU strongly believes that “Taiwan should be able to play a useful part in the international community,” Majorenko, head of the European Economic and Trade Office in Taiwan, said in an interview with CNA Friday.

Majorenko made the remarks when she was asked to comment on China’s recent ramped-up efforts to squeeze Taiwan diplomatically.

“It’s important for us that where Taiwan has something to add to the global discussion that Taiwan can be part of that global discussion. And for this reason we have supported Taiwan’s participation in international fora where Taiwan has something to add,” she said.
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