Mario Abdo Benítez arrived in Taiwan today for a four-day official visit, just two months before the general elections on April 30.
Source: Efe
The Embassy of Paraguay in Taiwan informed through the social network Twitter of the arrival of Abdo, who will meet during the visit with the Taiwanese president, Tsai Ing-wen.
Abdo Benítez made the visit at the invitation of the island government and will lead a delegation that also includes other officials such as the chancellor, Julio César Arriola, or the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Luis Castiglioni.
It is the second time that Abdo visits the territory, since in 2017 he was present at the celebration of Taiwan’s national day.
The announcement of the visit by Abdo Benítez comes a few days after the presidential candidate of the opposition coalition, Efraín Alegre, assessed a possible relationship with mainland China as “an important option”.
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Paraguay is one of the 14 countries with which Taiwan maintains official relationsAlthough in recent years, some nations such as Panama, the Dominican Republic or Nicaragua have decided to cut ties with Taipei in favor of Beijing.
Taiwan has been governed autonomously under the official name of the Republic of China since 1949, when the KMT nationalists retreated there after losing the Chinese civil war against the communists, so Beijing continues to consider it a rebel province and claims its sovereignty.
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