Taiwan and Slovakia on Friday signed three memorandums of understanding (MOUs), pledging to boost bilateral trade, exchanges between start-ups and collaborations on nurturing talent for the semiconductor sector.
The memorandums were signed between the Importers and Exporters Association of Taipei and the Council of Slovak Exporters; Taiwan’s Startup Terrace and Slovak Business Agency; and National Sun Yat-sen University and the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.
The signing in Bratislava was part of the second session of the Taiwanese-Slovak Commission on Economic Cooperation attended by a Taiwanese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tsai Ming-yen (蔡明彥).
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During the session, Tsai and Slovak State Secretary of the Ministry of the Economy Peter Gerhart exchanged ideas on how to boost bilateral trade and economic cooperation.
Taiwan and Slovakia have seen warming relations over the past few years, and the two sides hope to expand their collaborations on semiconductors, electric vehicles and the space industry, Tsai said.
He invited Slovak officials to attend next year’s session of the commission in Taiwan.
Other topics discussed on Friday included renewable energy, biotechnology, and space and science programs, he said.
The two sides agreed to continue to consolidate their substantial partnership, he said.
The Taiwanese delegation comprised representatives from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Bureau of Energy, the National Science and Technology Council and the partly government-funded Development Center for Biotechnology.
The Slovak delegation consisted of representatives from the Slovak Ministry of the Economy, the Slovak Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency, the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Slovak Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport.
Then-Slovak State Secretary of the Ministry of the Economy Karol Galek led a delegation to Taipei in December last year for the first session of the commission.
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