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November 14, 2008, 6:17am
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No, no, please, no. Not now. Soon, I will have nowhere to send my stuff for verification. Nooooo!
Chou said the ministry was considering shutting down some underperforming representative offices in Latin America.
“MOFA is considering the possibility of shutting down some of its nine representative offices in Central and South America that have failed to fulfill their mandate,” he said.
“The planned move is aimed at cutting needless government spending, particularly for trade and economic offices in countries that are unfriendly to Taiwan,” he added, without mentioning any names.
The ministry maintains nine representative offices in Latin America, focusing on bilateral trade and economic co-operation between Taiwan and the host countries in the absence of formal diplomatic links, Chou said.
As to getting el Loco de Chaves to show some respect, I don’t think so -and no, stop blaming Chen’s photo op for the abrupt change in attitude from the Venezuelan regime. It is a frigging dictatorship, for Pete’s sake! He is making land reforms a la USSR! he kicks diplomats out and ushers them in everyday. Why are they arguing with a lunatic?! What do they expect?!
Taiwan will not send a representative to Venezuela until the country demonstrates more goodwill, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said yesterday.
Diego Chou (周麟), the deputy head of the ministry’s Department of Central and South American Affairs, made the remarks at a press conference when asked when the ministry would name a new representative to head its economic and cultural office in Venezuela.
Since March, Caracas has refused to issue long-term visas to Taiwanese diplomatic personnel, he said. In August last year, it also denied visas to a group of Taiwanese baseball players seeking to participate in the 13th World Youth Championships.
Juba
November 14, 2008, 6:33am
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Ah, so that’s why he is so popular.