Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu recently made an undisclosed visit to Israel in the wake of the two nations’ public calls to strengthen relations, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing three sources with knowledge about the matter.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry declined to comment, and Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry refrained from confirming the visit.

“Taiwan and Israel share the values of freedom and democracy, and will continue to pragmatically promote mutually beneficial exchanges and cooperation” in areas such as trade, technology and culture, and welcome more “mutually beneficial forms of cooperation,” said Taipei’s Foreign Ministry in a statement, according to Reuters .

An Israeli official told Israel Hayom , on condition of anonymity, that Wu had indeed met with tw

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