Israeli rep: Taiwan nixes Iranian office
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Taiwan is deciding whether to accept an Iranian request to open a diplomatic mission on the island, a Taiwanese official said, but the head of Israel's representative office said Friday he was told Taiwan already had turned Iran down.
Raphael Gamzou told The Associated Press that a Taiwanese foreign ministry official told him Thursday that Taiwan had decided to nix the Iranian application, which is believed to have been made earlier this year. "The official told me that Taiwan would reject an Iranian request to open a liaison office in Taipei," said Gamzou, head of Israel's representative office in Taipei. (AP)
