The Republic of China (Taiwan) National Day celebrations received many visits by delegations from both allied nations and like-minded countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Oct. 11 in Taipei City.
Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung welcomed a delegation led by St. Lucia Senate President Alvina Reynolds and Speaker Claudius J. Francis Oct. 8 and thanked the long-standing Caribbean ally for its support of Taiwan’s international participation.
Also on Oct. 8, Lin greeted the Tuvalu delegation led by Prime Minister Feleti Teo at Taoyuan International Airport in the northern city. Taiwan and Tuvalu have cultivated a deep bond and will continue to work closely in climate change adaptation, infrastructure, medicine, among other areas, the MOFA said.
Lin also met a delegation Oct. 9, led by the Guatemalan First Lady Lucrecia Peinado representing President Bernardo Arévalo. The two nations have seen ever-closer exchange in economy and trade, with many Taiwan enterprises planning to build plants in the central American country, demonstrating substantive results from MOFA’s integrated and economic diplomacy.
Vice Minister Remus Li-Kuo Chen welcomed a delegation led by Chair Patricia Li Sotelo of Peru’s Partido Democrático Somos Perú, and the two discussed academic and trade exchange. The same day, Chen presided at a reception for Montgomery Daniel, deputy prime minister of St. Vincent and Grenadines. In greeting remarks, Chen said that since the establishment of diplomatic ties 43 years ago, the two nations have cooperated widely in areas spanning agriculture, education, infrastructure and public sanitation, yielding fruitful results.
Chen also hosted Belize Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde Oct. 9, and noted the countries’ cooperation in environmental sustainability, information and communications technology, infrastructure and medicine. Deputy Foreign Minister Tien Chung-kwang welcomed Gustav N. Aitaro, Palau’s minister of state, who acted as President Surangel Whipps’ special envoy and also visited the central city of Taichung for an investment briefing session.
The Oct. 9-10 visit of a Japan all-party parliamentary group committed to continued enhancement of Taiwan-Japan links was also sincerely welcomed. The MOFA said the group had released multiple resolutions supporting Taiwan’s involvement in the World Health Organization and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Cross-party members from the Scottish Parliament, Jamie Greene, Rhoda Grant and Karen Adam are currently visiting Taiwan, the MOFA added. Receiving the delegation Oct. 9, Deputy Minister François Chihchung Wu voiced hope that the Scottish government would resume Scottish Development International in Taiwan to facilitate cooperation in economy, education, trade and other sectors, the MOFA concluded. (POC-E)
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