Want China Times
Date: 2015-05-01
By: CNA

The United States and Taiwan are exploring ways in which they can cooperate

Taiwan’s NGO groups donate relief supplies at a medical station in Lalitpur, Nepal, April 29. (File photo/CNA)

to assist survivors in the wake of a magnitude-7.8 earthquake that devastated large areas of the Himalayan country and killed thousands, after Taiwan made a request in this regard, officials said Thursday.

The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) “is aware of Taiwan’s interest and willingness to provide disaster relief and assistance to Nepal,” Joseph Bookbinder, an AIT spokesman, told CNA. “We are exploring ways in which we could cooperate to assist the earthquake victims.”

The AIT represents US interests in Taiwan in the absence of bilateral diplomatic ties.     [FULL  STORY]