Radio Taiwan International
Date 2018-01-02
Taiwan has relocated its representative office in Nigeria from the capital Abuja to Lagos,
Nigeria’s trade office in Taipei will be required to move away from the capital in a reciprocal move. (File photo/CNA)
the country’s largest city, 800 kilometers away. The office is slated to open Friday.
The relocation of the representative office was brought about by pressure from China. The foreign ministry has already notified Nigeria’s representative office that it must move out of Taipei based on the principle of reciprocity.
Also on Tuesday, foreign ministry spokesman Andrew Lee said an anti-forgery label to be attached to the new version of Taiwan’s passport will not affect immigration checks when entering other countries.
The foreign ministry has been embarrassed after an image of Washington Dulles International Airport was accidentally printed in the new version of Taiwan’s passport. The ministry plans to attach an anti-forgery label to the hundreds of thousands of passports that have been printed with the error. To pulp and reprint the documents would cost millions of taxpayer dollars. [FULL STORY]
