Relations between the ROC and Panama have always been close. Last May, president Endara paid a special visit to this country to attend president Lee's inauguration ceremony, and that was followed in October by a delegation under 2nd vice-president Ford, which came for ROC National Day celebrations.
中華民國和巴拿馬一向邦誼甚篤，去年五月，巴國新任總統恩達拉特別來台參加李總統就職大典；緊接著十月間，巴國第二副總統福特又率團來參觀國慶活動。