Eswatini and Russia name top envoys to TaiwanDIPLOMACY: Former vice president Chen Chien-jen is to attend a democracy forum this week in Lithuania and speak about Taiwan’s democratization and COVID-19 responseStaff writer, with CNAThe Kingdom of Eswatini and Russia have named their top envoys to Taiwan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. Eswatini’s King Mswati III is pictured in a photograph taken from the Eswatini government’s official Twitter account. Former vice president Chen Chien-jen gives a thumbs-up sign in Taipei in an undated photograph. The former vice president is also to talk about Taiwan’s COVID-19 prevention experience and its response to disinformation in his speech titled “Taiwan as a Litmus Case for Democracy,” it said. Chen, who was the nation’s vice president from 2016 to last year, is now an academician at Academia Sinica.

Source: Taipei Times November 16, 2021 22:03 UTC