01-CHR-
31 May 2001
Hon. Khalid Bin Abdulla Al Khalifa
Minister of Housing and Agriculture
State of Bahrain

Dear Minister al Khalifa:

I have the honor the refer to ypur letter of 23 May 2001 addres-
sed to Mr. Liu Kuo-Hsing, Representative of the Trade Mission of
the Republic of China (ROC) in your good country, concerning yo-
ur request for a renewal of the present Agreement of Agricultur-
al Technical Cooperation between our two countries.

On behalf of the Government of the Republic of China, I am very
delighted to reply to Your Excellency that my Government, being
desirous of furthering the cooperation and friendly relationship
with the State of Bahrain, hereby agrees to reneew the aforemen-
tioned Agreement for another two years to the date of 8 June 200
3.

As to your request for adding 2-3 members to the existing team
of our Agricultural Technical Mission stationed in your country,
due to the constraint of our budget, I regret to inform you that
we are not able to offer more team members. However, I would li-
ke to assure you that I will insteruct our Agriculture Technical
Mission to work harder in providing technical assistance to meet
your country's needs. Please accept, Your Excellency, the assur-
ance of my highest consideration.

Sincerely yours,

Hsi-huang Chen PH.D.
Chairman
CC:Ministry of Foreign Affairs
International Cooperation and Development Fund

H.E. Dr. Hsi-huang Chen
Chairman
37 Nanhai Road, Taipei
Taiwan 100
Republlc of China

Dear Dr. Hsi-huang Chen,

I acknowledge with thanks your letter no. 01-CHR- dated 31 May 2
001 concerning the renewal of Agreement on Agricultural Technic-
al Cooperation between our two countries for the next two years.
On behalf of the Government of Bahrain, I extend my appreciation
for the work being done under the Agricultural Technical Mission
stationed in Bahrain.

At present the horticultural activities are limited to florlcul-
ture. However, in the future, we would be in need of additional
experts to cover other areas for agricultural improvement and
productivity. Therefore, this should be considered in order to
have a detailed and comprehensive assessment of agricultural se-
ctor.

WE thank you for your assistance and look forward to continue s-
trengthening the mutual cooperation between our two countries.

Yours sincerely,

Khalid Bin Abdulla Al Khalifa
Minister of Housing & Agriculture