Premier touts France ‘breakthrough’REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE: Su Tseng-chang said people can see how Tsai Ing-wen has made diplomatic advances in Guam and France, despite Chinese oppressionBy Lee Hsin-fang and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerPremier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) yesterday hailed the planned establishment of a representative office in Provence, France, as a “diplomatic breakthrough” and a result of President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) effective diplomatic policies. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday announced the establishment of the office in Aix-en-Provence in southern France. Premier Su Tseng-chang, left, presents an award for excellence in case mediation to a government worker at a ceremony at the Executive Yuan in Taipei yesterday. Photo: George Tsorng, Taipei TimesTaiwanese can see how Tsai has made important diplomatic breakthroughs in places such as Guam and France, despite Chinese oppression, Su said. The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) and Taoyuan International Airport Corp have sought a delay to the completion date for the runway to 2030, which Minister Without Portfolio Wu Tse-cheng (吳澤成) turned down.

Source: Taipei Times August 26, 2020 15:56 UTC