Lu VP to make stop in US on way to Central America - TW

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AFP , TAIPEI
Monday, May 10, 2004,Page 3

Vice President Annette Lu (???) is to stop off in the US on her way to Central America later this month, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.

Ministry spokesman Richard Shih (???) said the itinerary of the US leg before Lu's visit to El Salvador had yet to be finalized.

Local television reported Lu was due to visit Los Angeles and New York, without specifying whom she would meet.

Lu and President Chen Shui-bian (???) have previously met US lawmakers during their stopovers but any meeting with US government officials was considered an unlikely move that would anger Beijing.

Relations between Taipei and Washington hit a low point after Chen called a landmark referendum in March on relations with China.

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