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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

Liz Truss’s plan to visit Taiwan called ‘worst kind of Instagram diplomacy’

Liz Truss delivers a speech in Tokyo
Liz Truss delivers a speech at an international symposium on China held in Tokyo in February. Photograph: Androniki Christodoulou/Reuters

The Conservative chair of the foreign affairs select committee has launched a blistering attack on Liz Truss over the former prime minister’s planned trip to Taiwan, calling it “the worst kind of Instagram diplomacy”.

Alicia Kearns said she thought Truss’s trip planned for next week was little more than a vanity project aimed at keeping her profile high after her brief spell as prime minister last year.

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