Eswatini’s King Mswati III to visit Taiwan tomorrowStaff writer, with CNAKing Mswati III of Eswatini, the nation’s only diplomatic ally in Africa, is tomorrow arriving in Taiwan on his 18th visit to the nation, but his first since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) is to welcome King Mswati III with a military salute and host a state banquet, and the king and his delegation are to meet with Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮), the ministry said in a statement. President Tsai Ing-wen, center left, and King Mswati III of Eswatini, center right, are welcomed by a military salute in front of the Presidential Office Building in Taipei during the king’s last visit to Taiwan on June 8, 2018. Other activities scheduled are a visit to the Taoyuan refinery of state-run oil company CPC Corp, Taiwan and a meeting with Swazi students in Taiwan, the ministry said. The visit marks King Mswati III’s 18th trip to Taiwan since taking the throne in 1986.
