Visit to enhance economic ties: Slovak delegationBy Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporterTaiwan is the global leader in semiconductors and Slovakia’s second-largest investor from Asia, a delegation of Slovak officials said yesterday, adding that the visit is economic — and not political — in nature. “Taiwan is an important part of our future economic diplomacy,” Lucia Kiss, director-general of economic and development cooperation at the Slovak Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, told a news conference at the Sherwood Taipei. Lucia Kiss, left, director-general of the Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs looks on as Slovak Second State Secretary of Ministry of Economy Karol Galek, center, speaks during a news conference in Taipei yesterday. “This visit is an economic one, not a political one,” and is a continuation of our cooperation since 2003, she said. Slovakia is also eyeing further cooperation with Taiwan in space technology, such as developing small satellites, he said.

Source: Taipei Times December 10, 2021 21:35 UTC