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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Christopher Bodeen

Taiwan again rejects South African demand to move its representative office from capital

Taiwan South Africa - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

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.

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.

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