Shugaban Lai Ching-te zai ziyarci Eswatini a mako mai zuwa, kamar yadda ofishinsa ya sanar, inda ƙasar ke zama ta ƙarshe a Afirka da ke da alaƙar diflomasiyya da Taiwan.
China na ɗaukar Taiwan a matsayin wani ɓangare nata, kuma tana adawa da duk wata hulɗar ƙasa-da-ƙasa da ita. A halin yanzu, Taiwan na da alaƙa da ƙasashe 12 kacal, mafi yawansu ƙananan ƙasashe ne a Latin Amurka, Caribbean da Pacific kamar Belize da Tuvalu.
Mai magana da yawun shugaban, Karen Kuo, ta ce zai kai ziyarar ne daga ranar 22 zuwa 26 ga Afrilu domin bikin cika shekaru 40 na hawan karagar mulki na Sarki Mswati III da kuma bikin cika shekaru 58 da haihuwarsa.
Za a yi tafiyar kai tsaye daga Taiwan zuwa Eswatini ba tare da tsayawa a wata ƙasa ba, sabanin yawancin ziyarar Latin Amurka da ke buƙatar wucewa ta United States, lamarin da ke jawo rashin jin daɗin China.
Wannan zai zama ziyarar farko da Lai zai kai ƙasashen waje tun bayan watan Nuwamban 2024, lokacin da ya ziyarci Marshall Islands, Tuvalu da Palau.
Ziyarar shugaban Taiwan ta ƙarshe zuwa Eswatini ta faru ne a 2023, lokacin da Tsai Ing-wen ta kai ziyara. Taiwan na ci gaba da tallafa wa ƙasar, inda a 2021 ta aika magungunan rigakafin ƙwayar cuta domin taimaka wa Sarki Mswati III ya murmure daga COVID-19.
