By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Taiwan is still in the process of assessing the possibility of recruiting workers from Eswatini, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday, adding that its goal is to help Eswatini upgrade its vocational training centers.If there are plans to recruit workers from Eswatini, safeguarding national security, protecting public health and ensuring the employment rights of Taiwanese would be prerequisites, Department of West Asian and African Affairs Director-General Yen Chia-liang (顏嘉良) told a news conference.Key considerations would also include filling labor shortages in specific industries, and fostering bilateral professional and technical exchanges, he said.
Department of West Asian and African Affairs Director-General Yen Chia-liang speaks to reporters at a news conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taipei yesterday.
Yen was asked about the progress of labor service cooperation between Taiwan and Eswatini, its sole UN-member diplomatic ally in Africa. The sheme was announced by Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) last year.Yen said the minister visited Eswatini in person as a special envoy of the president in April last year and this year, and he has exchanged ideas with officials.
