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The event featured cooperative projects in smart agriculture and healthcare, digital resilience and low-carbon energy, the ministry said
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) attended the opening of the Pacific Prosperity Exhibit in Palau on Friday, highlighting Taiwan’s cooperation with Pacific allies and other countries.
Lin attended at the invitation of Palauan President Surangel Whipps Jr and toured the exhibition with Whipps, Palauan officials, and representatives from the US, Japan and Australia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.
The exhibition detailed cooperative projects involving Taiwan, its Pacific allies and the three countries in fields including low-carbon energy, social empowerment, smart agriculture, smart healthcare, digital resilience and infrastructure, the ministry added.
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Visitors viewed a presentation on the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent, a regional framework aimed at addressing shared challenges and promoting sustainable development.
Lin said Taiwan has long participated in the Pacific Islands Forum as a “development partner” and supported the objectives of the 2050 strategy.
Taiwan would continue sharing its development experience and working with like-minded countries to address energy and digital transitions, climate change and marine sustainability based on the needs of Pacific countries, he said.
The event featured a joint performance by Taiwan’s Naluwan Dance Troupe and the Belias Dancers from the Palauan state of Airai, as well as Taiwanese International Youth Ambassadors assisting with exhibition tours.
The exhibition was held as Palau prepares to host the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Koror from today to Friday next week.
Although Taiwan is not a forum member, it has participated as a development partner since 1993, and usually holds dialogues and other events alongside the annual summit.
Taiwan and other non-member countries were excluded from last year’s leaders’ meeting in the Solomon Islands, whose government said the forum was reviewing its partnership arrangements.
Palau, the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu are the only three forum members that maintain formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
