Tuvalu names new PM, Taiwan says ties 'everlasting'

Funafuti, Tuvalu (AFP) Feb 26, 2024

Taiwan said it received assurances from Tuvalu's new prime minister Monday that ties were "everlasting", scotching rumours that the Pacific island nation was poised to flip alliances to Beijing. Former attorney general Feleti Teo was named premier in a ceremony on Monday, a month after an election that put the Pacific Island nation's recognition of Taiwan in question. Tuvalu, with a popu