00:00Taiwan's Vice President Bikim Xiao has met with a senior official from Fiji, despite
00:05that country's official ties with China.
00:07Xiao hosted UN diplomats from several countries this week, including Filippo Tarakinikini
00:12of Fiji.
00:14The Pacific island nation established diplomatic relations with Beijing in 1975, but it has
00:19maintained unofficial ties with Taipei.
00:22Tarakinikini also met with Taiwan's foreign minister.
00:25These meetings come a few months after Fiji's prime minister voiced opposition to the possibility
00:30of Beijing setting up a military base in the Pacific.
00:34China's foreign ministry has yet to comment on the visit.
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