MOFA declines to comment on media reports regarding new AIT director
04/02/2021 05:50 PM
The AIT Taipei Office. File photo courtesy of the AIT
Taipei, April 2 (CNA) Taiwan s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Friday declined to confirm media reports that Sandra Oudkirk, United States deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, is likely to assume the post of Washington s top envoy in Taiwan this summer.
Local media reports said earlier the same day that Oudkirk will take over as director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), replacing Brent Christensen, who began his tour of duty in August 2018.
2021/02/09 15:36 AIT Director Brent Christensen. AIT Director Brent Christensen. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) on Tuesday (Feb. 9) released a Lunar New Year video wishing everyone an auspicious Year of the Ox. AIT posted a video on its Facebook fan page, stating that it will remember 2020 “not only for the challenges and heartbreak brought by the pandemic but for the profound friendship Taiwan showed the United States during our time of need.” The office then said it hoped the Year of the Ox “brings us all health and happiness, prosperity, and peace.” In the video, AIT Director Brent Christensen, AIT Deputy Director Raymond Greene, AIT Public Affairs Head Diane Sovereign, AIT Spokesperson Amanda Mansour, and other staff members wrote separate Mandarin characters, forming the phrase An auspicious Year of the Ox.
AIT video for Year of the Ox focuses on Taiwan-US efforts against virus
By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) yesterday released a video to mark the Year of the Ox ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday and highlight Taiwan-US teamwork in fighting COVID-19.
The US’ de facto embassy in Taiwan has the custom each Lunar New Year of releasing a themed video.
The two-minute video posted on Facebook yesterday showed AIT Director Brent Christensen, Deputy Director Raymond Greene, spokeswoman Amanda Mansour and other institute officials writing Chinese characters.
Some staff members of the American Institute in Taiwan are pictured in a video released by the institute yesterday to wish Taiwanese a happy Lunar New Year.
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US encourages Guyana to build Taiwanese ties
FORGING RELATIONS: More countries should deepen their unofficial ties with Taiwan, the AIT said, adding that US support for the nation is ‘rock solid’
By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
The US encourages Guyana and Taiwan to advance their partnership and more countries to expand “unofficial ties” with Taiwan, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) said in a statement yesterday.
The statement came after Guyana reneged on an agreement made with Taiwan on Jan. 11 to establish a Taiwan office in the South American country, citing its adherence to the “one China” policy and “miscommunication” over the signed agreement.