Taiwan officials in US for talks with Trump's transition team

WASHINGTON: Two senior members of Taiwan's government are in the United States to meet people connected to President-elect Donald Trump's transition team, five sources told Reuters, in an effort by Taiwan to establish ties with the incoming administration.

Lin Fei-fan and Hsu Szu-chien, both deputy secretaries-general of Taiwan's National Security Council and several of their staff have traveled to the Washington area for meetings through this week, the sources said on condition of anonymity.


Reuters was not able to confirm who from the US side would join the meetings or the agenda.

Taiwan's presidential office said the national security team's visit and “exchanges” were a routine part of their work, and that it had no further comment