Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (???) said he looked forward to working with Taiwan’s South American ally Paraguay to push bilateral ties further as the country’s new ambassador to Taiwan Carlos José Fleitas Rodríguez presented the minister with a copy of his credential letter on Friday.
Fleitas was appointed the Paraguayan ambassador to Taiwan in late April, to fill the position that had been left vacant for more than a year.
On Friday, the 57-year-old ambassador presented a copy of his credential letter to Wu, and the two exchanged views about bilateral cooperation on education, trade and investment, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).
Wu told Fleitas that Taiwan deeply valued its diplomatic relations with Paraguay and would work with the ambassador to continue boosting bilateral exchanges in a variety of fields and promoting people-to-people ties.
The two nations will mark the 65th anniversary of formal ties with each other next Tuesday. Meanwhile, Fleitas said Taiwan and Paraguay had taken similar paths to achieving democratization and both cherished fundamental values like freedom, democracy, and justice.
Fleitas said Paraguay would continue supporting Taiwan’s participation in international organizations and that he would be dedicated to promoting bilateral cooperation during his stint, according to the MOFA statement.
MOFA said Fleitas, who succeeded Marcial Bobadilla Guillen as the ambassador, has close ties with Taiwan, having previously served as minister counsellor at Paraguay’s embassy in Taiwan in 2010 and then as its chargé d’affaires in June 2012.
He also received a master’s degree in social sciences from New Taipei-based Tamkang University in 2017, MOFA said.
His most recent posting was as a consul in Curitiba, Brasil, where he had served since June 2018.
Paraguay is one of 14 countries with which Taiwan, known formally as the Republic of China, has diplomatic relations.
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel