US Senior Official Lands An Taiwan For highest-Level US Visit Since 1979

 

US Health Secretary Alex Azar walks out of a plane as he arrives at the Sungshan Airport in Taipei on August 9, 2020. Pei Chen / POOL / AFP

 

A senior member of US President Donald Trump’s administration landed in Taiwan on Sunday, the highest-level US visit to the island since Washington switched diplomatic recognition to Beijing in 1979.

A delegation led by health chief Alex Azar landed at Taipei’s Songshan airport, according to AFP reporters on the scene.

US Health Secretary Alex Azar waves to the journalists as he arrives at Sungshan Airport in Taipei on August 9, 2020.  Pei Chen / POOL / AFP

 

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