Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/09/04
By: Joseph Yeh
Taipei, Sept. 4 (CNA) Taiwan is closely monitoring ties with eSwatini, its only diplomatic
MOFA spokesman Andrew Lee (李憲章) / CNA file photo
ally in Africa, and will continue to provide assistance to strengthen relations with the country, a foreign ministry official said Tuesday.
On Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) announced that Beijing will invest more than US$60 billion in Africa over the next three years and cancel debt from the least developed countries that have relations with China as he opened the two-day High-Level Dialogue between Chinese and African Leaders and Business Representatives in the Chinese capital.
All 53 African countries that have diplomatic relations with China sent representatives to the conference, which is part of a series of meetings under the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
eSwatini, former known as Swaziland, is the only country in Africa that recognizes Taipei instead of Beijing, and was not invited to the forum. [FULL STORY]
