Taiwan Says Cameroon Visas for WTO Summit Riddled With Errors, Will Not Attend

Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks during the opening of the WTO 14th ministerial meeting in Yaounde, Cameroon, March 26, 2026. WTO/Handout via REUTERS

Visas for Taiwan officials to attend a World Trade Organization summit in Cameroon were riddled with errors, leaving Taiwan unable to attend, the island’s foreign ministry said, after initially complaining they had been listed as coming from China.

The WTO is one of the few international bodies that Chinese-claimed Taiwan takes part in, having joined in 2002 as the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, referring to islands Taipei also controls.

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