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EVA Airways officially handed over the route to Panama Air on June 1.
Hu also said that diplomatic ties between the two countries remain stable, adding that Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso had expressed a strong desire to visit Taiwan.
Hu declined to say when Moscoso would be visiting. She was to visit Taiwan shortly after her election victory in May last year, but the trip was delayed twice due to Cabinet appointments and other political problems.
In November last year, Jose Miguel Aleman, Panama's foreign minister, visited Taiwan amid rumors that Panama was planning on cutting diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
With almost half of its 29 formal allies in Central America and the Caribbean, the region is an important diplomatic foothold for Taiwan.
Hu also said operations are normal at the Fort David Export Processing Zone in Panama, where many Taiwanese companies are located.
The Evergreen Group, which also owns EVA Airways, Taiwan's second largest carrier, has extensive business interests in Panama.
Panama's provincial governor Irlena Villalobos attended the launch ceremony yesterday of Evergreen Marine's new container ship, named Ever Unicorn, in Kobe, Japan. The ship was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
The National Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology yesterday showcased its locally developed variants of the Vision 60 robotic patrol dog, which it plans to deploy on the nation’s outlying territories in the South China Sea. The variants were produced under the Joint Lab project — created by the institute and domestic companies — and assembled with domestically produced motors, lenses and artificial intelligence (AI) systems alongside licensed tech from the US, Missile and Rocket Systems Research Division deputy director Jen Kuo-kang (任國光) told the media event at a military base in Taipei’s Dazhi (大直) area. Taiwan has built up its strengths
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