Taiwan President Lai Ching-te arrived on an official visit to the Marshall Islands on Tuesday, which he said was the first country he had visited since taking office in May, as part of a Pacific tour of diplomatic allies.

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te has wrapped up his visit to diplomatic ally the Marshall Islands and arrived in Tuvalu. It's part of a larger diplomatic trip to several Pacific Island nations and territories.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te toured the Marshall Islands on Tuesday, after visiting the United States on the first stop of a Pacific trip that has angered Chinese leaders. Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine expressed her government's commitment to "remain a staunch ally" of Taiwan,