MOFA slams Somalia for ban on Taiwan passports

MOFA slams Somalia for ban on Taiwan passports

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Taiwan MOFA denounces Somalia for no longer accepting Taiwan passport

https://www.horndiplomat.com/feed/  By: Focus Taiwan Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has protested Somalia’s move to no longer accept visitors or transit passengers with Taiwanese passports starting Wednesday. Citing a 1971 United Nations resolution that in effect expelled the Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan) from the international body, the Somali Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) announced on April […] The post Taiwan MOFA denounces S…

Taiwan Condemns Somalia for Barring Its Passport Holders From Entering

The decision comes as Taipei has been building ties with Somaliland, a breakaway territory that has resisted Chinese efforts to expand its influence in Africa.

MOGADISCIO, Somalia (AP) — Somalia and Taiwan have imposed entry bans on each other’s citizens, officials said on Wednesday, in a diplomatic dispute that appears to be related to Taiwan’s recognition of the Somaliland separatist region in Somalia. “Somalia has banned Taiwanese passport holders from entering the country, and we have been informed that Taiwan has taken a similar step against Somali passport holders,” said an official of the Somali…