Taiwan's Foreign Affairs Minister and National Security Council
Secretary-General, as well as the American Institute in Taiwan Director have
kept mum about their one-week trip to the U.S.

Joseph Wu, Wellington Koo and AIT Director Sandra Oudkirk all came back
yesterday evening and left Taoyuan International Airport immediately after
taking a PCR test.

According to a Financial Times report, Wu and Koo were holding "Special
Channel" talks with senior U.S. officials in Annapolis, Maryland.

The Special Channel talks, also known as U.S.-Taiwan Strategic Dialogue or
Monterey Talks, are annual discussions about military affairs between the two
sides.

Taiwan usually sends the Deputy N-S-C Secretary General and Defense Ministry
and Mainland Affairs Council officials to these meetings, but not the Foreign
Minister.

According to local media, this year's meeting did not include the issue of
changing Taiwan office's name in Washington D.C. to Taiwan Representative
Office from the current Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office.

(JL)