 It's such a great pleasure to have you here for the first time on the soil of Saint Lucia. First of all, I want to thank you and your wife for the incredible hospitality that you showed to both my wife and myself and our delegation when we were in Taiwan and to tell you how many fond memories that we have of our trip and again to to say thank you for your gracious hospitality and that of your of your president as well. I'm looking forward very much to the next couple of days in order to be able to show you our beautiful island of Saint Lucia. We have a trip to Soufraire tomorrow where we'll be seeing some of the projects that are being funded by your government as well as hosting you to lunch at Sugar Beach and I'm also looking forward to a state dinner tomorrow night which will be at Saint Lucia's newest additional hotel called the Harbor Club. So again I just want to say on behalf of the of my government and the people of Saint Lucia how grateful we are for you being here and how much we look forward to breaking bread with you and your wife and again thank you very very much. At the invitation of Prime Minister Shesnat I'm most honored to pay an official visit to the beautiful Saint Lucia. Thank you Mr. Prime Minister for this incredible warm welcome. I would like to take this opportunity to pay high respect to our friends in Saint Lucia and convey to you the cordial greetings and good wishes of President Tsai Ing-wen. Although Taiwan and Saint Lucia are far apart the friendship between our two peoples and the governments have remained strong. Since the re-establishment of diplomatic relations in 2007 we have cooperated closely with each other in domestic aid programs and international affairs. With the visit of Prime Minister Shesnat to Taiwan last November we have turned a new chapter in the annals of our diplomatic relations. I can foresee progress on all fronts of bilateral cooperation in the years to come. Taiwan attaches great importance to its relations with Saint Lucia. The commitments are for long-run. During my visit I will see firsthand the positive effects of our cooperation programs. I will also have the opportunity to exchange in-depth opinion with Prime Minister and relevant ministers on bilateral relations and global issues. And I look forward to learning from your successful experiences. I'm confident that this visit will achieve the goals of strengthening mutual trust, expanding friendship, and fostering new impetus for future cooperation. Thank you again, Mr. Prime Minister, Madam Shesnat, and all the cabinet ministers for your general hospitality.