Ambassador Roy Chun Lee met with Leuven Mayor Mohamed Ridouani to promote city exchanges between Taiwan and Belgium

Ambassador Lee visited the Leuven city government on April 17, 2024, at the invitation of the Mayor of Leuven, Mohamed Ridouani, and thanked the Mayor for sharing his feedback on his visit to Taiwan for the "Smart City Expo", and his time in Leuven's sister city, Tainan, in March this year.

Mayor Ridouani said that this year’s Smart City Expo in Taiwan was a large-scale event and that he had gained a lot from interacting and exchanging experiences with the other city delegations from all over the world. He was also impressed by Taiwan's advanced urban development and multicultural integration, as well as the urban spatial planning experience of creating the Tainan Spring by converting the old commercial district into a waterfront park, which he said was worth learning from for Leuven.

Ambassador Lee said he was pleased to hear the fruitful results of Mayor Ridouani's visit to Taiwan, and that he hoped the visits to Taiwan over the past two years would set a good example for future exchanges between Taiwan and other Belgian cities. He also recognized that city-to-city exchanges and cooperation can help both Taiwan and Belgium to learn from each other's experience in municipal development and enhance the well-being of both countries' citizens.