The China Post
Date: December 5, 2016
By: The China Post news staff

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Presidential Office on Sunday dismissed media reports claiming that President Tsai Ing-wen was planning to meet with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s senior advisers next month in New York.

Several local media outlets have reported that Tsai was planning to visit three of the Republic of China’s diplomatic allies, namely Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador, in January.

On her way back to Taiwan from Central America, Tsai will transit in New York, during which she is likely to meet with Trump’s senior advisers, including Trump’s chief of staff Reince Priebus, reports said.

Asked for comment, the Presidential Office dismissed the media reports as “overspeculation.”

The office said that once the schedules of presidential or vice-presidential state visits were finalized, it would make a public announcement.    [FULL  STORY]