Gov't quiet on rumored Lai trip to South Pacific with U.S. stopover

A national security official on Thursday declined to confirm media reports that President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) was planning a trip to Taiwan's South Pacific allies with a stopover in the U.S. state of Hawaii as soon as late November.

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