Thursday, July 2, 2020

New Somaliland-Taiwan Ties

The Taiwan News published on 2 July 2020 an article titled "KMT Doubtful about Taiwan's Relations with Somaliland" by Kevin Chen.

Somaliland Foreign Minister Yasin Haji Mohamoud visited Taiwan on 1 July 2020 and met with Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, who subsequently announced that Taiwan will set up in Somaliland a "Taiwan Representative Office."  Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party questioned the wisdom of establishing the office. 

This does not constitute diplomatic relations and appears to be designed to encourage trade although Somaliland may try to portray it as having more formal status.