Taiwan, U.S., Eswatini hold online talks on partnership opportunities
03/05/2021 08:51 PM
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Taipei, March 5 (CNA) Taiwan, the United States and the Kingdom of Eswatini jointly hosted a virtual Partnership Opportunity Delegation (POD) on Thursday, the first time Taiwan and the U.S. had expanded to an African country the cooperation model aimed at creating business opportunities in like-minded countries.
The three-nation POD event was convened in an effort to boost trade and economic exchanges and investment cooperation with like-minded partners, as the global economy has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Taiwan s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release Friday.
Taiwan s top envoy to Japan invited to U.S. ambassador s residence
03/04/2021 07:47 PM
Source: twitter.com/USAmbJapan
Taipei, March 4 (CNA) Interim Chargé d Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Japan Joseph Young on Thursday revealed that he met with Taiwan s top envoy to Japan at the U.S. ambassador s official residence, in the latest high-level exchange since the Trump administration ended restrictions on official contacts with Taiwan on Jan. 9. This week, I welcomed @taiwan in japan s Frank Hsieh to the Ambassador s Residence to discuss our shared priorities across a wide range of topics, including our vision for regional stability, economic prosperity, and stronger people-to-people ties, Young said on Twitter.
Washington and Taipei, March 3 (CNA) U.S. President Joe Biden issued an interim guidance on Wednesday outlining his national security priorities, which include the country's continued support for Taiwan.
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Lithuania plans to open a representative’s office in Taiwan, a government spokesperson told Reuters this week, a further sign that China’s outreach to Central and Eastern Europe is faltering.
In addition, a spokesperson from the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry told Reuters that going forward the country was going to put less emphasis on the 17+1 grouping, which brings together China and 17 Central and Eastern European countries.
“In our opinion, the economic initiative did not bring the expected result to Lithuania, so we plan to concentrate on developing our economic relationship with China bilaterally, and within the framework of EU and China cooperation,” spokesperson Vytaute Smaizyte told Reuters.
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