1 NOTE NO: 234/94The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs of Saint Luciapresents its compliments to the Embassy of the Republic of Chinain Castries, and has honour to propose on behalf of the Governm-ent of Saint Lucia the renewal of Agreement on Agricultural Tec-hnical Cooperationl between Saint Lucia and the Republic of Chi-na, including the mutually agreed addendum which win form partof the said Agreement, for a further period of two years from 8-th May, 1994, to 7th May, 1996. All other terms and conditionsas set forth in the said Agreement shall remain the same.ADDENDUM TO THE AGREEMENTThe Agricultural Technical Mission of the Republic of China und-ertakes1.to assist with the introduction of selected germplasm of cutflowers with commercial potential for both local and export m-arket. These should preferslby be imported as tissue cultureplantlets;2.to provide technical assistance for the cut flower programmebeing undertaken by the Ministry;3.to place greater emphasis in the area of technology transferthrough a more substantian linkage with the national extensionsystem, in order to ensure a more rapid dissemination of thetechologies developed by the Mission to a wider farming commu-nity. This will include facilitating access to new technologi-es which may be available in the Republic of China, and whichis agreed upon by the parties to the Agreement as being impor-tant for enhancement of the Cooperation Programme.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs of Saint Luc-ia avails itself opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the R-epublic of China in Castries the assurances of its highest co-nsideration.Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Home AffairsCastriesSaint Lucia20th June, 1994NOTE NO.167The Embassy of the Republic of China presents its compliments tothe Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saint Lucia and with referen-ce to the Ministry's Note No. 234/94 has the honour to inform t-hat the Govennent of the Republic of China concurs with the ext-ension of the Agreeinent on Agricultural Technical Cooperationbetween the Government of St. Lucia and the Government of the R-epublic of'hina, together with the mutually agreed addendum aspart of the said Agreement, for a further period of two years f-rom 8th May, 1994 to 7th May, 1996. All other terms and conditi-ons as set forth in the said Agreement shall remain the same.THE ADDENDUM TO THE AGREEMENT SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS:The Agricultural Technical Mission of the Republic of China und-ertakes:1.to assist with the introduction of selected germplasm of cutflowers with commercial potential for both local and export m-arket. These should preferably be imported as tissue cultureplantlets;2.to provide technical assistance for the cut flower programmebeing undertaken by the Ministry;3.to place greater emphasis in the area of technology transferthrough a more substantial linkage with the national extensionsystem, in order to ensure a more rapid dissemination of thetechnologies developed by the Mission to the wider farming co-mmunity. This will include facilitating access to new technol-ogies which may be available in the Republic of China, and wh-ich is agreed upon by the parties to the Agreement as being i-mportant for enhancement of the Co-operation programme.The Embassy has the further honour to propose that this noteand the Ministry's note of reply thereto shall constitute andeffectuate the renewal of the said Agreement.The Embassy of the Republic of China avails itself of this op-portunity to renew to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of SaintLucia the assurances of its highest consideration.Embassy of the Republic of China23rd June, 1994NOTE NO: 252/94The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs of Saint Luciapresents its compliment to the Embassy of the Republic of Chinain Castries, and has the honour to refer to its Note No. 238/94and the Embassy's Note No. 167 dated 23rd June, 1994, and to ag-ree that the two shall constitute and given effect to the renew-al of the Agreement oh Agricultural Technical Cooperation betwe-en the Government of Saint Lucia and the Government of the Repu-blic of China.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs of Saint Luciaavails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Embassy of theRepublic of China in Castries the assurances of its highest con-sideration.Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Home AffairsCastriesSaint Lucia14th July, 1994