Visiting Vice Minister of Foreign Relations of Taiwan, Jose Maria Liu, said Taiwan in a near future could develop infrastructure works in the country. He was accompanied by Taiwan ambassador Valentino Ji Zen Tang. They announced that two delegations of Taiwan businessmen will be visiting shortly. More investors could come to follow in the footsteps of Taiwan investors who already operate a major solar energy power plant, a US$115 million investment by General Energy Solutions in Monte Plata.
As reported in Diario Libre, the visiting vice minister said that Taiwan wants to do many things with the Dominican Republic, and above all it wants to buy products.
Jose Maria Liu made the statements after a meeting with the new president of the Chamber of Deputies, Rubén Maldonado, at the Chamber of Deputies. Maldonado met with him together with legislators Orlando Espinosa, Radhames González, Gustavo Sánchez, Máximo Castro Silverio and Victor Suarez.
The offering comes at a time when the People’s Republic of China has increased its offers for construction of infrastructure in the Central American and Caribbean region.
On Friday, 25 August 2017, the visit of Liu was followed by that of Taiwan Defense Minister Feng Shih-kuan. The Taiwan Defense minister visited from 24-27 August, to strengthen bilateral relations and military cooperation between both countries. He was scheduled to meet with Dominican Defense Minister, Lieutenant General Ruben Dario Paulino Sem, the director of the National Investigations Agency (DNI) Admiral Sigfrido Pared Pérez and the National Congress. The Taiwan Defense minister is on a tour that is taking him to the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador through 8 September.
The Dominican Republic is one of a handful of countries that still recognizes Taiwan as China. The DR has commercial relations with the People’s Republic of China.
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BBC
28 August 2017
