Outgoing Slovak Representative to Taiwan Martin Podstavek was on Tuesday awarded a state honor in recognition of his efforts to bolster bilateral relations during his five-year tenure, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
In a ceremony at the ministry’s Taipei headquarters, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Harry Tseng (曾厚仁) presented the Grand Medal of Diplomacy to Podstavek, head of the Slovak Economic and Cultural Office Taipei, which represents Slovakian interests in Taiwan in the absence of official diplomatic ties.
Since assuming office in 2017, Podstavek has played a significant role in furthering the relationship between Taiwan and Slovakia in a range of
A cross-ministerial delegation is later this month to visit Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Lithuania, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official said yesterday.
Department of European Affairs Director Remus Chen (陳立國) said the delegation of officials from the foreign ministry, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Education would visit the three EU member states later this month.
The trip aims to enhance bilateral cooperation with the three countries on talent cultivation and business opportunities, Chen said, without elaborating.
Neither did Chen provide information on the delegation’s itinerary, saying only that it would be announced
Taiwan is the global leader in semiconductors and Slovakia’s second-largest investor from Asia, a delegation of Slovak officials said yesterday, adding that the visit is economic and not political in nature.
The 43-person delegation is to leave Taiwan today, concluding their five-day visit.
“Taiwan is an important part of our future economic diplomacy,” Lucia Kiss, director-general of economic and development cooperation at the Slovak Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, told a news conference at the Sherwood Taipei.
Bilateral relations are not something new since the two sides established economic ties in 2003, she said, adding that the visit’s aim was
A Slovak delegation yesterday visited agencies affiliated with the Ministry of Science and Technology at the Hsinchu Science Park (新竹科學園區) and signed two memorandums of understanding (MOUs).
Led by Slovak Second State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy Karol Galek, the 43-person delegation arrived in Taiwan on Sunday.
On Monday, the group attended the first session of the Taiwanese-Slovak Commission on Economic Cooperation hosted by National Development Council Minister Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) and a dinner hosted by Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮).
On Tuesday, Galek took a group of 13 people to meet with Minister of Science and Technology Wu Tsung-tsong