Taiwan's foreign minister, Lin Chia-lung, says Taiwan will not agree to move its representative office out of South Africa's administrative capital, Pretoria. Some experts say growing Chinese influence may have led to the South African government's request.
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00:00Taiwan's foreign minister says Taiwan will not agree to move its representative office
00:04out of South Africa's administrative capital, Pretoria.
00:08The comments come after South Africa demanded that Taiwan move its office to Johannesburg
00:13before the end of October.
00:15Some foreign experts say growing Chinese influence in the country may have led to this request.
00:20Foreign Minister Ling Jialong says South Africa cannot break the two-sides agreement, but
00:25if it does, Taiwan is planning countermeasures.
00:29We hope that the two-sides agreement will give us a chance to turn things around.
00:37But we also want to make the best of the situation.
00:44He also said that Taiwan would not rule out asking South Africa to move its representative
00:48office out of Taipei.