PDA

View Full Version : Taiwanese Foreign Minister visits



NewsWhore
03-10-2009, 06:50 PM
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan, Francisco H. L. Ou visited President Leonel Fernandez at the Presidential Palace yesterday. They met for about an hour. Ou was accompanied by Taiwanese ambassador Isaac Tsai and by Rolando Chuang, Dardo Chen and Benito Liao, as reported in Hoy. The government of Taiwan has expressed an interest in resuming talks aimed at signing a free trade agreement with Taiwan. During Ou's visit, he signed a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Relations. As part of the agreement, Taiwanese technical volunteers specialized in economics, culture and environment will provide their services to the DR. In addition, Taiwan is donating US$150,000 to help repair the damage caused by heavy rainfall.

More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)