Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-03-31

President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday met Fidel Ramos, the former president of the

President Tsai meets former Philippine president Ramos
This is the ninth year in succession that Ramos has brought a delegation to Taiwan.

Philippines. This is the ninth year in succession that Ramos has brought a delegation to Taiwan. President Tsai also congratulated Ramos on the occasion of his recent 89th birthday.

The president thanked Ramos for his consistent support of strong ties between the Philippines and Taiwan. She also remarked on his writings containing his thoughts on how to make contributions to peace.

President Tsai also raised the “New Southbound” policy, which has been a key policy direction since she took office in May last year. The policy aims to strengthen Taiwan’s ties with countries in Southeast Asia as well as India, Australia and New Zealand. Tsai said that trade between the two countries had grown over the past year, while the number of tourists from the Philippines to Taiwan was up 24% in 2016 over the previous year.    [FULL  STORY]