Students prepare to visit friendly states

PERSONAL DIPLOMACY: The foreign ministry-backed program sends Taiwanese students abroad annually to states that maintain diplomatic ties to promote culture A group of Taiwanese students selected for a government-funded annual ambassadorship program is set to visit Taiwan’s South Pacific and Caribbean allies later this month to promote people-to-people exchanges, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said yesterday. Those selected include uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) operators for the first time, he said. At a send-off ceremony for the 45 members of the International Youth Ambassadors held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taipei, Lin said the students have been divided into two groups this year, with one traveling to Palau and the other to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines an