Taiwan News
Date: 2018/03/29
By: Central News Agency
TAIPEI (CNA) – President Tsai Ing-wen said Thursday she was saddened to learn that
The late Alan Romberg. (By Central News Agency)
famous American scholar Alan Romberg had died and she said he will be missed.
Romberg, an expert on cross-Taiwan Strait relations who constantly said Taiwan was important to regional peace, passed away Tuesday (local time) in the U.S. at the age of 79.
“Saddened to hear about Alan Romberg’s passing,” Tsai tweeted. “His life was dedicated to fostering peace & prosperity in East Asia. He will be missed.”
Kin W. Moy, director of the American Institute in Taiwan’s (AIT) Taipei office, also expressed sorrow at Romberg’s passing, saying the scholar was a dear friend and an extraordinary diplomat whose career focus was East Asia, beginning in the 1960s.
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