《TAIPEI TIMES》Taiwan, Slovakia ink eight MOUs: ministry

Staff writer, with CNA

Taiwan and Slovakia signed eight memorandums of understanding （MOUs） and approved investment in a Slovakian company at the conclusion of an annual economic meeting held on Monday and Tuesday in Taipei.

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The MOUs, including on healthcare and cultural cooperation, were signed by Representative to Slovakia David Lee （李南陽） and his Slovak counterpart, Bruno Hromy, at a ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Representatives from both sides also signed MOUs on technical service and license agreements, joint research on power devices and electric vehicle hybrid modules.

Comenius University’s Faculty of Management also signed three MOUs with three universities in Taiwan — National Sun Yat-sen University, National Central University and Yuan Ze University — on faculty management.

Minister of National Development Kung Ming-hsin （龔明鑫） also announced at the signing ceremony that the National Development Council had approved an investment of 3 million euros （US$3.21 million） in Slovakian company Sensoneo, a smart waste management solutions provider, from the council’s Central and Eastern Europe Investment Fund.

Slovak Deputy Minister of Economy Peter Svec, who is leading the delegation to the third session of the Taiwanese-Slovak Commission on Economic Cooperation, said in his address that the annual commission seeks to promote good bilateral relations in a wide range of fields.

Priority areas include semiconductors, science and research, supply chains for the automotive industry, as well as education and talent training, he said.

“Slovakia is interested in attracting further investment and joint projects with Taiwanese partners and, is ready to provide Taiwanese investors support and conditions for their activities and partnership,” he said.

“I firmly believe that the ideas outlined during the session of the joint commission will determine the framework for further concrete cooperation and the willingness to create appropriate investment opportunities that will help both our economies further develop,” he said.

Svec is leading a 26-member delegation of high-level Slovak officials, many of whom are attending the two-day economic meeting, the ministry said in a press release.

Apart from talks with Taiwanese officials, the delegation will also attend an investment forum and business meeting, and engage in other business development activities during its stay from Sunday to tomorrow, the ministry said.

The first session of the Taiwanese-Slovak Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in December 2021 on future bilateral cooperation in areas such as the economy, trade, education, scientific research and tourism.

The second session was held in Bratislava, the Slovak capital, in December last year.

新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES