Published Date: 2021-07-16
Taiwan and African
ally Eswatini have held the 23rd round of talks about cooperation in economic
and technical matters. The talks took place in a virtual format on Thursday,
hosted by Taiwanese Economics Minister Wang Mei-hua and Eswatini’s Minister of
Economic Planning, Tambo Gina.
During the
discussion, the two sides reached a consensus in seven areas. Among the points
both sides agreed on are that Taiwan will help Eswatini’s royal technology
park, that Taiwan will help a project to provide drinking water to Eswatini’s
rural villages, and that Eswatini will reduce rent increases for factories to
help Taiwanese investors in Eswatini’s textile industry weather the COVID-19
pandemic.
During the
meeting, Gina said that Eswatini will continue speaking up on Taiwan’s behalf
on the international stage on the basis of universal values.