TAIPEI: Taiwan said on Saturday it supported the efforts of the Vatican to reach out to China and hoped the move would improve Beijing's "deteriorating religious freedom and human rights issue."

Pope Francis is in Mongolia on a state visit. As his papal plane passed over China's airspace, the pontiff sent a customary telegram to Chinese President Xi Jinping bearing "greetings of good wishes."

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