President Tsai Ing-wen is leading a delegation to visit three of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies in the Pacific: Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Solomon Islands. The delegation departs Taipei today and will return on March 28
with a stop in Hawaii. China Airlines is selected to handle the delegation.
President Tsai is expected to meet with the head of state of each country and deliver a speech at the Nauru parliament and the Pacific Women Leaders’ Coalition Conference at Majuro, Marshall Islands . She is also expected to visit aid projects sponsored by Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF) in the three countries. The ROC first established diplomatic relations with the Marshall Islands in 1998, with Palau in 1999, and with Nauru in 1980 (terminated in 2002 and re-established in 2005). Other allies in the region include Kiribati, Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu.