SUBSIDIES: The fund, to be available from next month to August next year, is to help Taiwanese teams enhance treatment of patients with special conditions in the region
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 06, 2018
By Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
Taiwan is to establish a US$2 million fund to subsidize Taiwanese medical teams that
Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu, right, shakes hands with Nauruan President Baron Divavesi Waqa at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru yesterday. Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
serve Pacific Islands Forum member states, Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) said yesterday.
Wu made the announcement at a Sustainable Development Goals 17 roundtable in Nauru, one of the nation’s diplomatic allies.
The roundtable was organized by Nauruan President Baron Divavesi Waqa to bring together his nation’s developmental partners and forum members to discuss ways to build a stronger region, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a news release.
Wu, who is leading Taiwan’s delegation to the forum, in the roundtable’s opening address talked about the nation’s long-term dedication to the development of Pacific countries’ agriculture, education, medicine and infrastructure, the ministry said. [FULL STORY]