22 June 2004 02:42
TAIWAN, RUSSIA SIGN WATER RESOURCE TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION MEMORANDUM
MOSCOW, June 22 Asia Pulse - Taiwan and Russia have forged a cooperative memorandum on water resources management and
related technological exchanges, the Water Resources Agency (WRA) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs reported
Monday.
Officials and specialists from Taiwan and Russia gathered in late May for the 1st Taiwan-Russia Water Resources
Conference to exchange views on and experiences in hydrology, fresh water resources management and related technologies,
WRA officials said.
The participants signed a cooperative memorandum upon the conclusion of the conference that Taiwan and Russia will
engage in bilateral exchanges in water resources management and related technological fields on a regular basis in the
future, the WRA officials said.
The two sides also agreed that scholars and specialists in the fields will swap visits to each other's countries
to boost bilateral cooperation, beginning with a visit to Taiwan by Russian delegates to attend an international
water-related technology exposition slated to open in Taiwan Sept. 3, according to the WRA.
In addition to taking part in the water conference, the 12-member Taiwan delegation -- led by WRA Director-General
Chen Shen-hsien and made up of WRA officials, academics from universities and representatives from the private
industrial sector -- also attended an international hydrology exposition -- ECWATECH-2004, the 6th International Trade
Fair and Congress Water: Ecology and Technology -- held in Moscow in early June.
According to the WRA officials, although Russia is no longer a "superpower, " the nation's expertise
and research in water and ocean resources are renowned worldwide. The Russian "water" researchers have also
long been keenly interested in Taiwan's research in the same field, particularly in deep-ocean research and
industrial waste water recycling research.
(CNA)
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