Taiwan and the US on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on cooperation in international development, Taiwan’s representative in the US said on Friday.
The agreement was signed by Representative to the US Alexander Yui (俞大㵢) and American Institute in Taiwan Managing Director Ingrid Larson in Washington, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the US announced in a news release.
The MOU was also witnessed by senior officials from the US International Development Finance Corp (DFC) and the US Department of State, it said.
Photo courtesy of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the US
Under the agreement, the DFC and Taiwan's International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF) are to explore opportunities for cooperation on healthcare, women's economic empowerment, information and communications technology, agriculture, climate, energy, small and medium-sized enterprises, and infrastructure, the statement said.
Like the DFC, the TaiwanICDF “endeavors to promote high-quality developmental projects in developing countries,” Yui said, expressing the hope to strengthen bilateral cooperation in private-sector engagement.
According to the statement, the DFC is a federal US financial institution that provides loans, guarantees, direct investments and insurances for private entities that join developmental projects.
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