Taiwan vice-president to visit Nicaragua, Paraguay, Gambia
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Dec 13, 2001



Text of report by Lilian Wu; carried in English by Taiwanese Central News
Agency web site

Taipei, 13 December: of China Vice-President Annette Lu will lead a
delegation to visit Nicaragua to attend the inauguration of the Central
American nation's president, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said
Thursday [13 December].

Ho Ching-shan, director of MOFA's Department of Central and South American
Affairs, said Lu will attend the inauguration of Enrique Bolanos Geyer 4
January on behalf of President Chen Shui-bian.

Lu will also visit Paraguay, an ROC ally in South America, whose
vice-president, Julio Cesar Ramon Franco Gomez, extended the invitation to
visit to Lu when he visited Taiwan in February this year. The itinerary is
still not finalized, Ho added.

Ho also said that the United States has agreed to allow Lu to transit there.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Tien Hung-mao confirmed Wednesday that Lu will
leave next Tuesday for The Gambia, the ROC's ally in West Africa, to attend
the West African state's presidential inauguration on behalf of President
Chen.

Source: Central News Agency web site, Taipei, in English 0816 gmt 13 Dec 01

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