Visiting Guam Governor Lourdes A Leon Guerrero signed a sister-city agreement with Kaohsiung during her current visit to Taiwan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today.
As part of an eight-day visit that concludes tomorrow, Guerrero traveled to Kaohsiung on Thursday last week to sign a sister-city agreement with Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁).
Photo courtesy of the Kaohsiung City Government via CNA
Yesterday, she attended a welcome banquet hosted by Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍), during which she said the sister-city partnership between Guam and Kaohsiung aims to strengthen ties through "city diplomacy."
Guerrero also said that her administration is expanding bilateral cooperation with Taiwan in such areas as healthcare, tourism and indigenous affairs, the ministry said.
Lin welcomed Guerrero's visit, saying that Taiwan and Guam share a "deep Austronesian cultural heritage" and are steadfast democratic partners committed to safeguarding regional peace and stability.
He said future cooperation could expand to areas such as artificial intelligence in agriculture, medical services, education and cultural exchanges to improve the well-being of people in both Guam and Taiwan.
Guerrero's trip is her second visit to Taiwan since taking office as governor in 2019. Her previous visit took place in May last year, the ministry said.
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