Taipei, Oct. 5 (CNA) A first-ever Pacific Islands Dialogue co-organized by Taiwan and the United States will be held in Taipei on Monday to explore opportunities for the two countries to work closer together in the region to solidify Taiwan's ties with its Pacific allies, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced Saturday.
Taiwan and the United States will hold the inaugural Pacific Islands Dialogue on October 7 in Taipei. Sandra Oudkirk, US Senior Official for APEC and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands in the State Department’s Bureau of East Asian & Pacific Affairs, is set to take part in the dialogue as head of the US delegation.
The Executive Yuan’s Department of Gender Equality (DGE) announced on Saturday the results of 2019 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Women and the Economy Forum’s (WEF) High-Level Policy Dialogue. Minister without Portfolio Lo Ping-cheng attended the meeting to share Taiwan’s experience and accomplishments with mainstreaming gender issues and promoting women’s economic participation.
Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) has actively promoted the New Southbound Policy for three years. TFDA had invited the officers and experts, such as Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, India, Philippines, Australia and New Zealand, and hosted seven international conferences, five government meetings and one working group meeting of international organization in 2019.
Premier Su Tseng-chang on Thursday spoke at a “Going Further, Doing Better” anti-money laundering event to thank both public and private organizations for coming together to enable Taiwan to place in the top “regular follow-up” category following evaluation by the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG). The premier expressed hope that relevant organizations can continue their cooperation to quickly move forward with effective measures to maintain this status and advance the nation to the f
At this year’s UN General Debate that concluded on September 30, the multipronged campaign by the Republic of China (Taiwan) government to participate in the United Nations system, together with a range of related activities organized by civic groups, effectively advanced understanding of our demands among the international community. The increasing international momentum behind our cause shows that the government’s UN campaign is on the right track.
Taiwan’s foreign ministry and Council of Indigenous peoples joined with partners from the US and Japan as co-hosts of a forum on revitalizing Austronesian languages. The Austronesian languages form a large family that includes the languages of Taiwan’s indigenous peoples. The event took place Sunday in Palau, an allied Pacific island country that is home to Palauan, another Austronesian language.
Washington, Sept. 27 (CNA) U.S. State Secretary Mike Pompeo on Friday encouraged to Tuvalu to work with Taiwan to push for democracy in the Pacific region as international media reported recently that the selection of a new prime minister in the South Pacific country could complicate its diplomatic relationship with Taiwan.
At the Cabinet's weekly meeting Thursday, Premier Su Tseng-chang received a Ministry of Economic Affairs briefing on short-term objectives for solar power energy production. The government is committed to promoting green energy, and solar power is the most important component of that policy, he said. Having laid a firm foundation over the past two years, the government is now introducing a second iteration of the Two-year Solar PV Promotion Plan (2019-2020), with expected benefits of NT$222 bill
Traveling to Italy has become more convenient! At a ceremony held by Taiwan’s Ministry of the Interior in Taoyuan today (Sept. 26), the Minister of the Interior Hsu Kuo-yung and the head of Italy’s Office of Economic, Commerciale and Cultural Promotion in Taipei, Davide Giglio, announced that Taiwan has become the eighth non-EU country in the world to use Italy’s automatic customs clearance system. Italian travelers visiting Taiwan can also use Taiwan’s automatic inspection and customs clearance
