Taiwan and Tuvalu Sign Agreements to Strengthen Technical, Diplomatic Cooperation

(L-R) Jarden Kephas, Nauru’s ambassador to Taiwan; Limasene Teatu, Tuvalu's ambassador to Taiwan; Taiwan’s foreign minister Joseph Wu; AIT Director W. Brent Christensen; Sandra Oudkirk, State Department's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Island; and Neijon Rema Edwards, the Marshall Islands’ ambassador to Taiwan, take a group photo at the Pacific Islands Dialogue in Taipei, Taiwan, on Oct. 7, 2019. Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Taiwan and the Polynesian island nation of Tuvalu signed cooperation agreements on Friday, with deals focusing on the training of diplomatic personnel, technical cooperation, and mutual criminal justice.

The three agreements were signed by the two nations on June 2. The Agreement on Diplomatic Personnel Training and Exchange Cooperation was signed by Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu and Tuvalu Minister of Justice, Communication, and Foreign Affairs, Simon Kofe. It is aimed at creating a mechanism for training and exchanging diplomatic personnel between the two nations. The Technical Cooperation Agreement seeks to expand collaboration in fields like information and communication technology, digital transformation, and climate change.