Taiwan participates in the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to assist Honduras in rebuilding schools. Ambassador Zhang Junfei (third from right) and U.S. Under Secretary of State Uzra Zeya (third from left) and Laura Dogu (fifth from right), U.S. Ambassador to Honduras ), Foreign Minister Enrique Reina (first from left) and Minister of Education Daniel Sponda (second from left) co-hosted the launching ceremony of the project.

(Central News Agency)

[Central News Agency] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the 13th that in order to assist the friendly country Honduras in coping with the impact of the epidemic, the government will participate in the "Honduras School Reconstruction Project" promoted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Hongguo government. For the first time, Taiwan and the United States have joined hands to promote a trilateral cooperation plan to aid Hongguo.

Recently, the issue of changes in Taiwan-Hong Kong diplomatic relations has once again attracted public attention.

Honduran media Paradigma reported on the 8th that Manuel Zelaya, husband of Honduran President Xiomara Castro, said that Honduran should resume diplomatic relations with China.

Hongguo Foreign Minister Eduardo Enrique Reina also met with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng on December 31 last year in order to seek financial aid for the Patuca hydroelectric power station project.

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press release stating that on the 11th, Ambassador Zhang Junfei, on behalf of Taiwan, was invited to meet with U.S. Under Secretary of State Uzra Zeya, U.S. Ambassador to Hongguo Laura Dogu, Hongguo Foreign Minister Reina and Minister of Education ( Daniel Sponda and others co-hosted the launch ceremony of the project in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Hongguo.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out that the plan of this case was proposed by the U.S. government at the US-Macro Strategy and Human Rights Dialogue on January 10, with the purpose of assisting Honduras to rebuild the infrastructure of 12,000 schools and create a safer learning space. In order to improve the popularization rate of Hongguo basic education and the educational environment.

The program will be implemented with US$33 million from the United States Agency for International Development and Taiwan will be invited to participate.

The government considers that this plan will help the progress and development of Hongguo as a whole, and benefit the livelihood of young students and Hongguo families. Therefore, it donated 2 million U.S. dollars in response to the US initiative.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Honduras is an important friend of Taiwan in Central America. Over the years, Taiwan has promoted various cooperation projects that benefit the national economy and people's livelihood in Honduras, which has won the support and affirmation of all circles in Hongguo.

In the future, Taiwan will continue to combine the power of countries with similar ideas to jointly assist Hongguo's national development.