The situation is also problematic in Africa, another major diplomatic base for Taiwan. Domestic turbulence is rife in Liberia and other countries that maintain formal ties with Taiwan, and see-saw struggles between opposing camps pose a big threat to our diplomatic relations. It is said that diplomacy is the extension of national power.
此外，我國另一外交重鎮──非洲賴比瑞亞等國，也普遍有國內政局不穩、各方勢力拉鋸的問題，對邦誼的穩定也是一大威脅。