Taiwan to Skip WTO Conference After Labelled 'Province of China'
Taiwan protested Cameroon’s mislabeling and visa errors as a violation of its WTO membership rights and national dignity, leading to its first-ever meeting boycott.
- On Tuesday, Taiwan announced it will skip the World Trade Organization meeting in Cameroon for the first time, citing a dispute over how the island was named in visa documents issued to its delegation.
- The Taiwanese Ministry lodged a "stern protest" after Cameroon designated the island "Taiwan, Province of China" in official paperwork, rejecting the naming convention that contradicts Taiwan's self-designation.
- Cameroon subsequently granted a "visa exemption," yet the documents omitted nationality, misspelled names, and misidentified delegation members as female, prompting Taipei to conclude the host country "had no sincere intention of resolving the issue.
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Taiwan skips WTO meeting after Cameroon labels it ‘Province of China’
Taiwan has announced it will for the first time skip a major World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting after a dispute with host nation Cameroon over how the island was identified on official documents.
Taiwan Pulls Out of WTO Event Over ‘Province of China’ Label by Host Cameroon
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan has pulled out of a ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) scheduled for later this week in Cameroon, after the host country chose to designate the island as a “Province of China” in visa documents for members of Taiwan’s delegation. Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned Cameroon’s decision in a statement on March 20, calling the erroneous designation on travel documents “seriously demeaning T…
Taiwan announced that it would not participate in the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, to be held from 26 to 29 March in Yaoundé, expressing dissatisfaction with the name used by the Cameroonian authorities to designate the island in the visa documents.
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AlKhaleej TodayTaiwan to skip WTO conference after labelled ‘Province of China’
TAIPEI, March 24 — Taiwan said today it will skip a high-level World Trade Organisation meeting for the first time following a dispute with host nation Cameroon over the name used for the democratic island in visa documents.The Taiwanese foreign ministry said it had lodged a “stern protest” after Cameroon designated the island “Taiwan, Province of China” in paperwork issued to the island’s delegation before it departed for the March 26-29 event.…
The Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on Tuesday that it had made a "strong protest" to Cameroon, which called the democratic island "Taiwan, Province of China".
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