Opening an office in Taiwan was relatively low on the list and the timing for the EU to open an office in Taiwan depends on EU budgetary constraints, insiders said.
The EU office in Taiwan, once opened, will remain "unofficial" because of the EU's adherence to Beijing's so-called "one China" policy, insiders said.
The establishment of an EU representative office in Taipei on a reciprocal basis has been high on the Ministry of Foreign Affair's priority list since President Chen Shui-bian's (
Beijing's sensitivity over the conferring of any international recognition to Taiwan has put a severe strain on EU-Taiwan relations, making them rather informal and relatively underdeveloped.
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