Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo is scheduled to visit Taiwan next month on a state visit, during which he would meet with President William Lai (賴清德), Arevalo told a news conference on Monday.
The trip would “boost the friendly collaborative ties with the great country” and advance bilateral projects related to Guatemala’s technology development, Arevalo said.
A delegation focused on semiconductors that is in Taiwan to participate in a high-tech conference has 30 members representing Guatemalan industries, local governments and businesses, he added.
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Guatemala would host a conference in August to introduce Taiwanese tech leaders and businesses to Guatemalan officials and companies to advance bilateral cooperation and help Taiwanese high-tech businesses build presences in the Central American country, he said.
Among those who are to travel to Taiwan would be Guatemalan Minister of Economy Gabriela Garcia-Quinn, Guatemalan Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Ramiro Martinez and first lady Lucrecia Peinado, Arevalo said.
Lai invited Arevalo to visit Taiwan during a videoconference following Arevalo’s inauguration in January last year.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) re-extended the invitation during a visit to Guatemala in October last year.
Guatemala is one of 12 UN-recognized countries that maintains formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
In other news, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday welcomed a delegation of five US lawmakers who are members of the US House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources, led by US Representative Bruce Westerman, who is chairman of the committee.
The others in the delegation are US representatives Sarah Elfreth, Harriet Hageman, Celeste Maloy and Nick Begich, the ministry said, adding that the group arrived yesterday and is to depart tomorrow.
Additional reporting by Lee I-chia
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