Taiwan's envoy to Austria was warmly welcomed during a visit Friday to a Catholic school in Vienna that is famous for its traditional Mandarin classes.

American Institute in Taiwan's chairman (AIT) will visit Taiwan next week to give more details of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to China earlier this week, a foreign affairs official said yesterday.

The chairman of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) will visit Taiwan next week to give a briefing on the details of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit earlier this week to China, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Lyushun Shen said Thursday.

Deputy Foreign Minister Shen Lyu-shun said Wednesday it is hoped that in the future Taiwan will be able to attend the conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as an observer.

New Zealand will become the third country this year after Britain and Ireland to grant visa-free privileges to visitors from Taiwan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced Wednesday.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday announced that it has opened a local bank account to collect funds from the public to help with relief operations in El Salvador, which is devastated by Hurricane Ida.

Former Vice President Lien Chan and U.S. President Barack Obama had a warm meeting when attending this year's APEC leaders' summit in Singapore. Both expressed hopes of keeping in contact and meeting again in the future.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) called for public support for a new plan requiring passport applicants to personally file the applications and have their photos taken on the spot.

Taiwan's representative at the 2009 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit meeting said yesterday that he will take the chance to set forth Taiwan's contributions to the world on the sidelines of the summit.

Taiwan has lodged a protest against a move by the host of this year's Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum to exclude its delegate from a ministerial breakfast meeting of the regional group, a Taiwan official said Wednesday.