Former U.S. president Bill Clinton will visit Taiwan in mid-November, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) official confirmed Wednesday. Clinton is scheduled to deliver a speech in Taipei Nov. 14 in an invitational Asian tour, which was organized by a Singaporean business, MOFA spokesman James Chang said. Clinton, who served as U.S. president from 1993-2001, will arrive in Taiwan for a private, business trip, Chang said, but the foreign ministry will provide necessary assistance and security service during Clinton's stay based on the request made by the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) , the U.S. representative office in Taiwan in the absence of official bilateral diplomatic ties. Chang said he was not aware of details of the tour and declined to comment on whether Clinton will meet with President Ma Ying-jeou or other Taiwanese officials. The visit will be Clinton's sixth visit to Taiwan and his first since February 2005 as a former U.S. president. He met with then- Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian and then-Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan during the 22-hour whirlwind tour in 2005, which was sponsored by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. Clinton also visited Taiwan four times when he served as the Governor of Arkansas from 1979-1981 and 1983-1992. The AIT declined to comment on the upcoming visit. 