Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has accepted the credentials of Tuvalu's new Ambassador to Taiwan, Limasene Teatu.
Thanking Tuvalu for its continuous support for Taiwan's bid to join the United Nations, Tsai said that it's been 38 years since diplomatic relations were established between the two.
Tsai said Taiwan will help Tuvalu achieve the goal of being powered entirely through renewable energy by 2020 as a way to participate in the global effort for sustainable development.
Tuvalu has signed a deal for Taiwan to provide medical treatment for people who need to be referred off island.
Tuvalu's fisheries minister Pita Elisala says his nation is not selling fishing days to distant water fishing countries that have blocked initiatives to develop its domestic fishery.
Taiwan's diplomatic ally Tuvalu will open an embassy in the capital, Taipei, this week. Island Business says Tuvalu's Prime Minister Willy Telavi and the ambassador to Taiwan, Minute Taupo, will...
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