President Tsai Ing-wen and her delegation arrived at Tuvalu's Funafuti International Airport at 12 o'clock noon on November 1 local time (8:00 a.m. on November 1, Taipei time). Tuvalu is the second stop on the president's current diplomatic mission, dubbed "Sustainable Austronesia, Working Together for a Better Future—2017 State Visits to Pacific Allies."
President Tsai Ing-wen said Oct. 31 that collaborative projects implemented by the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Marshall Islands are improving living standards and spurring sustainable development in the ROC Pacific diplomatic ally.
President Tsai Ing-wen and her accompanying delegation made a transit stop in Hawaii, USA on her diplomatic mission under the theme "Sustainable Austronesia, Working Together for a Better Future—2017 State Visits to Pacific Allies." At 2:30 p.m. on October 28 Hawaii time (8:30 a.m. October 29, Taipei time), the president attended a seminar with scholars from the US-based East West Center and the Pacific Forum of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
President Tsai Ing-wen (sixth left) and her Marshall Islands counterpart Hilda C. Heine (fifth left) inspect an environmentally friendly piggery as Minister of Foreign Affairs David Tawei Lee (seventh left) looks on Oct. 31 in Republic of China (Taiwan) Pacific diplomatic ally Marshall Islands.
At 11:40 p.m. on October 27 local time (5:40 p.m. on October 28, Taipei time), President Tsai Ing-wen and her delegation arrived at Honolulu International Airport. Honolulu is a transit stop on the president's current diplomatic mission, dubbed "Sustainable Austronesia, Working Together for a Better Future—2017 State Visits to Pacific Allies."
President Tsai Ing-wen said Oct. 31 that the Republic of China (Taiwan) attaches great importance to relations with Pacific diplomatic ally Marshall Islands and expects exchanges to continue expanding across a broad spectrum of areas.
At 1:40 p.m. (local time) on the afternoon of Monday, October 30 (9:40 a.m. October 30, Taipei time), President Tsai Ing-wen and her delegation arrived at Amata Kabua International Airport in the Marshall Islands.
President Tsai Ing-wen departed on October 28 (Saturday) at 8:30 a.m. Taipei time on a trip with the theme "Sustainable Austronesia, Working Together for a Better Future—2017 State Visits to Pacific Allies."
President Tsai Ing-wen pledges to assist Republic of China (Taiwan) diplomatic ally Marshall Islands reach its sustainable development goals during an address at a welcome banquet Oct. 30 in the capital Majuro.
On Tuesday, October 31 at 10:15 AM (Taipei time 6:15 AM) President Tsai Ing-wen delivered an address at the parliament of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The president is currently leading a delegation on a state visit to three of Taiwan's Pacific allies under the theme "Sustainable Austronesia, Working Together for a Better Future."
