Taiwan’s foreign ministry said in a short statement on Wednesday that Lin “visited the European Union/Belgium to meet with friends in the European Parliament”.
He “used this visit to interact and communicate with European friends”, the ministry said, without providing details.
Most countries officially recognise Beijing over Taipei but maintain trade and unofficial relations with the island.
See also: Foreign policy heavyweights on Taiwan’s uncertain future
Beijing — which has not renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control — baulks at any international support that might lend a sense of international legitimacy to Taiwan.
It has also reacted with anger to overseas visits by top Taiwanese officials and staged massive military exercises last year to protest then-president Tsai Ing-wen’s stopover in the United States.
Lithuania incurred China’s wrath by allowing Taiwan to open a representative office in Vilnius under its own name in 2021 — a significant diplomatic departure.
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