United States Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar will lead a delegation to Taiwan, his office announced Tuesday, in a high-level trip that is almost certain to anger Beijing, which claims the self-governing island as part of its territory.
The trip, scheduled"in the coming days," will be the highest level visit by any US Cabinet official to the island since 1979, when Washington broke official ties with Taiwan to establish diplomatic relations with Beijing, said a statement from the US Health and Human Services Department.The high-profile trip is likely to worsen relations between Beijing-Washington, which have nosedived this year to their lowest point in decades.
During the pandemic, US and Taiwan have also forged closer ties in the area of public health.In April, Azar spoke to his Taiwanese counterpart Chen Shih-chung about fighting the coronavirus outbreak, thanking him for"Taiwan's efforts to share their best practices and resources with the US," Azar said on Twitter at the time.
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