Taiwan has again rejected South Africa’s demand that it move its representative office in the country from the capital, Pretoria, to the commercial center of Johannesburg
FILE- A rainbow forms over the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. .
Taiwan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jeff Liu said at a news conference on Tuesday that the demand to move or shut the office entirely violated a 1997 agreement between the sides on the location of their mutual representative offices following the severing of formal diplomatic relations.South Africa maintains a liaison office in Taiwan’s capital, Taipei, and the sides have a strong commercial relationship.
China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory that must be annexed by force if necessary, relentlessly seeks to minimize Taiwan's international representation, although the self-governing island republic maintains robust unofficial relations with the U.S. and other major nations.
“I am calling on ... the Biden administration to make it clear that there will be consequences if South Africa works with the to bully Taiwan,” including removing South Africa from a key trade program, Blackburn said. “The United States must not provide trade benefits to countries that prioritize China’s influence over democratic partnerships,” she added.
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