Mask machine donation a good form of cooperation: Czech Senate
12/29/2020 05:34 PM
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Taipei, Dec. 29 (CNA) The donation of automated medical face mask production lines by a Taiwanese company to the Czech Republic is a good form of bilateral cooperation, regardless of the channels it is going through, an official in the Czech Senate said Tuesday. We perceive the donation as a great help and expression of good cooperation between the two democratic and free countries, Petr Kostka, chief of the secretariat of the Senate President s office in the Czech Republic, told CNA.
It does not matter if the donation is done based on a business-to-business model (B2B) or a government-to-government (G2G) model, he said in a written response to CNA s questions on how the donation was being made.
Trump signs omnibus spending bill including pro-Taiwan provisions
12/28/2020 03:21 PM
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Washington and Taipei, Dec. 27 (CNA) United States President Donald Trump on Sunday signed a US$2.3 trillion government spending package that incorporates provisions supporting Taiwan s defense capacity and its participation in international organizations.
In a statement posted on its official website, the White House said Trump signed H.R. 133, also known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2021.
The package provides US$900 billion in stimulus relief for the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. and combines 12 separate annual appropriations bills amounting to US$1.4 trillion.
DUBAI: The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has granted permission for 23 Taiwanese companies to export seafood to the Kingdom, it was reported on Monday.
Liao Hui-lin, head of Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration, confirmed the approvals had been granted by the SFDA on Nov. 29, according to a report by CNA, the Taiwanese state news agency.
Since 2018, international suppliers must gain approval from the SFDA before they can export seafood produce to the Kingdom.
“The Taiwan government will continue to provide assistance to local suppliers interested in exporting seafood to the Middle Eastern country,” Liao said in the report.
Taiwan extends sympathy to Eswatini on death of Prime Minister Dlamini
12/21/2020 04:29 PM
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Premier Su Tseng-chang on Monday expresses his condolences on the passing of the African country s Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Eswatini in Taipei. Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Taipei, Dec. 21 (CNA) Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) on Monday visited the Embassy of the Kingdom of Eswatini in Taipei to personally express his condolences on the passing of the African country s Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini.
Dlamini, who had been serving as Eswatini s prime minister since October 2018, died in hospital in South Africa on Dec. 13 at the age of 52. The Eswatini government did not disclose his cause of death but said he had tested positive for COVID-19 four weeks earlier.
2020/12/21 16:38 Deputy Foreign Minister Harry Tseng (CNA photo) Deputy Foreign Minister Harry Tseng (CNA photo) [Last update: December 22 at 9:42 a.m.] TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said it is in the process of pushing for the name change of the country’s office in Washington to the Taiwan Representative Office in the U.S. At the moment, only 16 countries and territories include the word “Taiwan” in the name of Taiwan s foreign missions or representative offices. The group is comprised of Taiwan s 15 diplomatic allies plus Somaliland, which use names such as the Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in Honduras.