Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Visits Belize

The Foreign Minister of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Doctor Chai-Lung Lin, is currently on an official visit to Belize. Doctor Lin’s visit is part of Belize’s celebrations marking thirty-five years of diplomatic relations with Taiwan. This afternoon, Doctor Lin and Belize’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francis Fonseca, held a press conference in Belmopan, where they celebrated the ongoing strengthening of ties between the two nations. They also announced that discussions are underway for further collaborative development initiatives.

 

Francis Fonseca, Minister of Foreign Affairs

“We are every happy and honored to welcome to Belize his Excellency Minister Doctor Lin and his entire delegation. We just had a very good constructive bilateral discussion and dialogue where we discussed many important issues and cooperation between Belize and Taiwan. This year of course we celebrate thirty-five years of diplomatic relations between Belize and Taiwan and Taiwan had proven over those thirty-five years to be a valuable partner and ally and friend of Belize’s development.”

 

Dr. Chai-Lung UN, Foreign Minister, Taiwan

“Under the leadership of Prime Minister Briceno and his government Belize has made remarkable achievements. Taiwan and Belize has many things in common. We both cherish peace and uphold the values of freedom, democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights. Based on these solid foundations of common ideas and mutual interest our friendship has continued to flourish for thirty-five years. We have worked hard in the field such as infrastructure, agriculture, the environment, sustainable development and culture and education. These efforts has further unlocked the potential of our people. This afternoon we have come up with very constructive and fruitful collaboration projects.”