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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8422

18 March 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/taiwan
Chen Shui-Bian again refused visa for visit to EP in Brussels, this time by Belgium

Brussels, 17/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - The President of Taiwan has had to refuse the European Parliament's invitation to come and address the EP in Brussels on 26 March since the moment was not favourable for such a visit, remarked a laconic press release from the Ministry of foreign affairs in Taipeh. This is the second time in a year that Chen Shui Bian has been refused entry to an EU Member State in the name of Beijing's "one China" policy. Last year, when Chen was due to be awarded the...

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