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Newsline: Tuvalu to open embassy in Taiwan next week

Taiwan’s diplomatic ally Tuvalu will open an embassy in Taipei next week, a move expected to boost bilateral ties, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Tuvalu Prime Minister Willy Telavi and Ambassador to Taiwan Minute Taupo will co-host the embassy’s opening ceremony in Taipei on March 14, said Chou Yin-hwou, deputy director-general of the ministry’s Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. The embassy’s office will be located in the Taipei World Trade Center’s International Trade Building, Chou said. The South Pacific island country of Tuvalu is one of Taiwan’s 23 diplomatic allies.

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