A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House Foreign Affairs Committee has urged the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to formally invite Taiwan to participate in its upcoming triennial assembly, in a letter calling the move “a matter of U.S. national interest.”
The Sept. 17 letter, led by Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), who is the chairman of the committee, and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), its ranking member, told ICAO President Salvatore Sciacchitano that the U.N. agency “cannot fulfill its mandate while excluding Taiwan’s experience, perspective, and participation.”
The committee announced that it sent the letter to Sciacchitano in a statement on Sept. 19….
House Lawmakers Call for Taiwan’s Participation in ICAO
