Taiwan rejects request to move ‘embassy’ from South African capital

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The demand violates an agreement between Taipei and Pretoria, the self-governing island’s foreign minister has claimed Taiwan has no plans to move its unofficial embassy in the South African capital, Pretoria, despite being asked to do so by the local government, Taipei’s foreign minister has said, according to the region’s Central News Agency (CNA). The remarks on Monday by senior diplomat Lin Chia-lung come after the South African government said it had given Taipei a “reasonable” six-month

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