Simon Ko

Simon Ko Ko Shen-yeaw 柯森耀
Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of China
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 September 2012 Serving with Joseph Shih
Minister	David Lin
Vice	Vanessa Shih
Vice Foreign Minister of the Republic of China
In office January 2012 – 1 September 2012
Minister	Timothy Yang
Personal details
Nationality	Republic of China
Alma mater	Spanish Language School National Chengchi University

Simon Ko or Ko Shen-yeaw (Chinese: 柯森耀; pinyin: Kē Sēnyào) is a politician in the Republic of China. He has served as the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of China since 1 September 2012.^[1][2]

ROC Foreign Affairs Deputy Ministry

ROC-Honduras diplomatic relations

In early July 2013, Ko said that his recent trip to Honduras is just another normal regular trip to one of ROC allies, which includes inspecting ROC embassy in that country, dismissing that Honduras might switch diplomatic relations from ROC to PRC due to the reluctance of ROC in giving extra grant to the country. However, Ko added that the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs will not mind for Honduras to have "unofficial" non-political relation with the PRC as long as the move doesn't affect the diplomatic relation with ROC.^[3]

Gambia diplomatic relation switch from ROC to PRC

Commenting on the decision made by Gambia to switch diplomatic relations from ROC to PRC on 14 November 2013, Ko said that the ROC government felt shock and regret at the move, in which it made ROC being recognized by only 22 countries around the world, in which most of them are developing nations. The move came in despite recent visit by President Ma Ying-jeou to the resource-poor nation in 2012 and also the USD 22 million fund donated to the nation for the construction of 42 km of road linking the western part of the country to the capital Banjul.^[4][5]

See also

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)

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