U.S., Taiwan officials discuss Taipei's role in global forums

U.S. and Taiwanese officials on Wednesday discussed ways to expand Taipei's participation in U.N. and other international forums, the State Department said.The meeting in Washington was organized by the American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, it said. The United States and Taiwan have no official diplomatic ties and the two institutions serve as their de facto embassies.They particularly discussed how best to secure the self-ruled democratic island's involvement in meetings of the World Health Organization's decision-maki…READ FULL ARTICLE