Wednesday, April 07, 2021

Can Taiwan-Pakistan Relations Finally Take Off?

Taiwan's difficult, sometimes circuitous diplomacy under the watchful eye of the Communist Party of China! So a Taiwanese and the Pakistani representative met in Cairo, Egypt to discuss future trade relations. What an odd couple, Taiwan and Pakistan! :-)

"Last fall, an Indian newspaper suggested that China’s steadfast ally Pakistan was secretly promoting trade ties with Taiwan. In a Twitter post from September 3, 2020, which has since been deleted, Sidrah Haque, trade and investment attaché at the Embassy of Pakistan in Egypt, posted a picture taken with Michael Yeh (葉人誠), director of the Taiwan Trade Center in Cairo (開羅台灣貿易中心), an overseas office of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (中華民國對外貿易發展協會, TAITRA). In an accompanying tweet, Haque stated: “Met with Mr. Michael Yeh, a veteran commercial officer from Taiwan Trade Center. We spoke of Pakistan-Taiwan trade ties, our shared commercial experience in Cairo and major products of interest in the local market. ..."

Vol. 6, Issue 7 – Global Taiwan Institute

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