Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa has called Taiwan a “democratic country” and said his country is in talks with Taiwan to open trade offices in each other’s territory.
In an interview with Indian public service broadcaster Doordarshan on Monday, Jansa said Taiwan is a “democratic country” that respects international democratic standards and international laws, and that Slovenia and Taiwan are working on exchanging representatives.
“This will not be on the level of embassies. It will be on the same level as many of the EU member countries already have them,” he said.
“If we had stronger coalitions in former years, I think we would have established such trade representative offices already in the past, because this is an issue of common benefit,” he said.
He did not indicate how far along the talks are or if he would follow Lithuania’s model on the name that Taiwan would use for the office in Slovenia.
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel