Taiwan Will Send Delegation to Alaska LNG Talks Next Week
Taiwan will send a delegation to a summit in Alaska to discuss procuring liquefied natural gas from a long-delayed project championed by US President Donald Trump.
'We already got the invitation' from the US, Taiwan's Deputy Foreign Minister Chen Ming-chi said in an interview with Bloomberg News on Thursday, referring the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference from June 3 to 5. A high-ranking official will lead the delegation, he said.
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