Taiwan plans to strengthen ties with the unrecognized government of the breakaway African region of Somaliland in a move seen as a possible precursor to the establishment of diplomatic relations.
Taiwan will set up a representative office in Somaliland, the island’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Twitter Wednesday. The tweet was signed JW, indicating it’s in the words of foreign minister Joseph Wu.
"We’re thousands of miles apart, but share a deep-seated love of freedom & democracy,” Wu said in the tweet, referring to Somaliland as an independent country.