Taiwan Today
Date: February 06, 2018

A delegation led by Lord Faulkner, deputy speaker of the U.K. House of Lords, recently

MOC Deputy Minister Pierre Tzu-pao Yang (right), Lord Faulkner (second right) and Catherine Nettleton, head of the British Office in Taipei, are all smiles in front of an EMU100 rail car Jan. 27 at Taipei Railway Workshop. (Courtesy of MOC)

wrapped up an eight-day trip to Taiwan aimed at advancing railway and green energy collaboration between the two sides, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“This visit underscores the importance attached by the U.K. to bilateral cooperation in the railway and renewable energy sectors,” the MOFA said Jan. 29, adding that it will contribute to a further deepening of substantive exchanges.

In country until Jan. 31 at the invitation of the British Office in Taipei, the delegation participated in the sixth Taiwan-U.K. Railway Forum, held discussions on renewable energy issues with officials from the Cabinet-level Environmental Protection Administration and attended an experimental concert organized by the Ministry of Culture.    [FULL  STORY]