President Lai meets Deputy Prime Minister Thulisile Dladla of Kingdom of Eswatini
Turning to bilateral cooperation, Deputy Prime Minister Dladla thanked Taiwan for its decision to increase rice assistance to Eswatini as the country prepares for the possibility of severe El Niño conditions, and for Taiwan’s commitment to supporting additional social housing for vulnerable communities. She also expressed gratitude for Taiwan’s support of Eswatini’s tourism sector, noting that the story of Eswatini’s tourism is inseparable from the story of its people, culture, and traditions. Strengthening tourism creates opportunities for communities, artisans, entrepreneurs, women, and young people, she said, and she looks forward to more Taiwanese tourists coming to the kingdom – not only to visit, but to invest in tourism.
Deputy Prime Minister Dladla said that the friendship between Eswatini and Taiwan has matured and that their cooperation should mature with it, ramping up in scale, speed, and breadth. She said the two sides should look increasingly toward investment, industrial development, innovation, technology transfers, skills development, energy security, and mutually beneficial economic opportunities such as mining. The deputy prime minister cited the Taiwan Industrial Innovation Park, cooperation on the strategic oil reserve, and other strategic initiatives currently under discussion as important opportunities in this regard.
This, Deputy Prime Minister Dladla said, is also where the WADM assumes particular importance, as it allows the two countries to transform shared vulnerability into shared preparedness. Eswatini is proud to be among the alliance’s founding members, she said, and intends to contribute constructively to its development and help ensure that it becomes a practical platform for capacity-building, knowledge-sharing, and coordinated action. The more resilient societies become, she emphasized, the better positioned they are to protect development gains and improve the lives of their people.
Deputy Prime Minister Dladla thanked Taiwan for its long-standing support in Eswatini’s schools, hospitals, agricultural communities, and development programs, and especially for its steadfast support of the rural electrification program, thanks to which the whole of Eswatini now lights up like stars in the night sky. Looking to the future, she said, Eswatini is ready to do more, to move faster, and to identify bigger opportunities, and it is ready to build a partnership increasingly defined by what the two countries can achieve together.
In closing, Deputy Prime Minister Dladla once again expressed, on behalf of His Majesty King Mswati III, the Queen Mother, His Majesty’s government, and the people of the Kingdom of Eswatini, profound appreciation for the friendship of the people and government of Taiwan. She expressed hope that the friendship between the two countries will continue to deepen and their cooperation gather momentum, so that this 58-year relationship becomes not merely a diplomatic relationship, but one between friends and family.
The delegation was accompanied to the Presidential Office by Charge d’Affaires a.i. of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Eswatini Sithembiso M. Gama.
Sources: Office of the President
Deputy Prime Minister Dladla said that the friendship between Eswatini and Taiwan has matured and that their cooperation should mature with it, ramping up in scale, speed, and breadth. She said the two sides should look increasingly toward investment, industrial development, innovation, technology transfers, skills development, energy security, and mutually beneficial economic opportunities such as mining. The deputy prime minister cited the Taiwan Industrial Innovation Park, cooperation on the strategic oil reserve, and other strategic initiatives currently under discussion as important opportunities in this regard.
This, Deputy Prime Minister Dladla said, is also where the WADM assumes particular importance, as it allows the two countries to transform shared vulnerability into shared preparedness. Eswatini is proud to be among the alliance’s founding members, she said, and intends to contribute constructively to its development and help ensure that it becomes a practical platform for capacity-building, knowledge-sharing, and coordinated action. The more resilient societies become, she emphasized, the better positioned they are to protect development gains and improve the lives of their people.
Deputy Prime Minister Dladla thanked Taiwan for its long-standing support in Eswatini’s schools, hospitals, agricultural communities, and development programs, and especially for its steadfast support of the rural electrification program, thanks to which the whole of Eswatini now lights up like stars in the night sky. Looking to the future, she said, Eswatini is ready to do more, to move faster, and to identify bigger opportunities, and it is ready to build a partnership increasingly defined by what the two countries can achieve together.
In closing, Deputy Prime Minister Dladla once again expressed, on behalf of His Majesty King Mswati III, the Queen Mother, His Majesty’s government, and the people of the Kingdom of Eswatini, profound appreciation for the friendship of the people and government of Taiwan. She expressed hope that the friendship between the two countries will continue to deepen and their cooperation gather momentum, so that this 58-year relationship becomes not merely a diplomatic relationship, but one between friends and family.
The delegation was accompanied to the Presidential Office by Charge d’Affaires a.i. of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Eswatini Sithembiso M. Gama.
Sources: Office of the President
