Paraguayan President-elect Santiago Pena said Sunday that he will visit Taiwan this week to deepen bilateral relations with the self-ruling island as part of his administration’s “intense international agenda.”
Mr. Pena, who is set to take office later in August following the victory of the ruling Colorado Party in the April elections, will begin his five-day visit to Taiwan on Tuesday after concluding his trip to Abu Dhabi.
He is expected to meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, whom he described as a “great friend,” and several senior Taiwanese diplomats during his visit, according to Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry.
“We are going to develop an intense international agenda in the coming days carrying the message that Paraguay and its people are up for great things,” Mr. Pena stated on Twitter….