Foreign minister departs for Belize, Guatemala with business delegation
The delegation includes more than 30 business representatives and will sign a joint communique and diplomatic-training agreement, MOFA said.
- On Monday, Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung arrived in Belize with a 30-person business delegation to strengthen economic cooperation, subsequently visiting Guatemala to mark 92 years of diplomatic relations.
- Since taking office in May 2024, Lin has visited Taiwan's diplomatic allies with business delegations under the 'Diplomatic Allies Prosperity Project' to deepen strategic and economic cooperation and strengthen diplomatic ties.
- Lin will meet Belizean Prime Minister John Briceño and sign a joint communiqué and diplomatic-training agreement with Foreign Minister Francis Fonseca, while inspecting Taiwan-funded projects including a hospital on Ambergris Caye.
- Belize's parliament reviewed a US$100 million loan from Taiwan's Export-Import Bank in August, which Prime Minister Briceño characterized as 'general financing' for infrastructure, education, and health investments over five years.
- Belize remains one of 12 countries recognizing Taiwan, despite Beijing's diplomatic efforts to influence regional relations; Prime Minister Briceño reaffirmed at the United Nations General Assembly that 'Taiwan is a friend of Belize.
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Taiwan, to which China considers part of its territory and has threatened to take it by force, has only 12 diplomatic allies around the world. In Latin America, it only maintains links with Guatemala, Paraguay, Belize, Haiti and some island nations of the Caribbean. Taiwan’s Foreign Minister, Lin Chia-lung, said that the group is composed of 30 entrepreneurs in areas of artificial intelligence, intelligent transport, biotechnology, digital and s…
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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Taiwan’s Foreign Minister, Lin Chia-Lung, launched an official visit to Guatemala, one of the island’s few diplomatic allies in Latin America and the Caribbean, on Thursday as part of the commemoration of the...
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Taipei TimesForeign minister departs for Belize, Guatemala with business delegation
Taipei, Sept. 27 (CNA) Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) departed Sunday for Belize and Guatemala with a business delegation to strengthen economic cooperation with Taiwan's two Central American diplomatic allies, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said.
FM Lin commences Belize, Guatemala visit - The Press United
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung arrived with a trade delegation in Belize on the first leg of a visit to Central America, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Sept. 29. According to the MOFA, the group comprises over 30 representatives from a range of industries, including aerospace, artificial intelligence, biotech, finance, healthcare, green […] The post FM Lin commences Belize, Guatemala visit appeared first on The Press United | …
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