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Political Center / Full Report
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press release on the night of the 15th, noting that several European heavyweights were led by the president of the Security and Defense Group of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Lovaso (Nathalie LOISEAU, Prime Minister of European Affairs of former French President Macron). The German and French media urged the EU to strengthen cooperation and exchanges with Taiwan. The Foreign Ministry expressed its appreciation and emphasized that it will continue to promote the progress of Taiwan-EU relations in the future.
▲ President Tsai Ing-wen, Chinese leader Xi Jinping (combined image / data photo)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that those who participated in the media communications included Reinhard BUTIKOFER (German), head of the “Relations with China” delegation of the European Parliament, and Radoslaw SIKORSKI (Radoslaw SIKORSKI), head of the “Relations with the United States” delegation of the European Parliament. , Former Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs), Vice-Chairman of the Human Rights Group of the European Parliament Raphael GLUCKSMANN, Head of the “Delegation for Relations with Afghanistan” of the European Parliament Petras AUSTREVICIUS, former Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament Locke ( Elmar BROK), former German Ambassador to China Volker STANZEL, German think tank Principal Investigator of the Mercator China Hanns MAULL Research Center, France “Institut Montaigne” (Institut Montaigne) Asian expert Gao Demeng (François Godement) and 9 other dignitaries, academics and European experts.
The Foreign Ministry said the aforementioned political and academic leaders jointly contributed to major German and French media outlets on September 14, actively calling on the EU to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with democratic Taiwan, in response to the China’s threat to Taiwan, in order to maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
▲ Nine European heavyweight parliamentarians and academics jointly submitted a document calling for a re-examination of China’s First Policy to support Taiwan (photo / photo Le Monde, French newspaper)
For President Lovaso and others, they unanimously suggested that the EU should strengthen the high-level dialogue with Taiwan and strengthen similar ideas in areas such as international participation, public health, economics and trade, supply chain cooperation, regional security and increased broadcasting of Taiwanese media on European satellite television. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs appreciates and appreciates the cooperation with Taiwan.
The Foreign Ministry also said that this is a joint statement issued by 70 members of the European Parliament, the United States, Germany, France and other democratic countries a few weeks ago to support the President of the Czech Senate, Miloš Vystrčil, who is leading a delegation to visit Taiwan. Opinion leaders once again supported democratic Taiwan and demonstrated their support for Taiwan-EU relations with concrete actions.
▲ Ou Jiangan, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (Image / photo data)
The Foreign Ministry mentioned that these nine European dignitaries and opinion leaders emphasized the importance of high-level dialogue between Taiwan and Europe, and paid particular attention to supply chain cooperation. The Foreign Ministry stressed that Taiwan and the European Union are valuable partners with like-minded ideas. Faced with the reorganization of the global political and economic situation in the post-epidemic era, Taiwan and the European Union have wide scope for cooperation in strategic industries such as 5G communication networks, medicine and biotechnology and the green economy. , which will help both sides The reorganization of the supply chain of related industries also plays a stabilizing role in the world political and economic situation and will continue to promote the development of Taiwan-EU relations in the future.
▲ President Tsai Ing-wen (Photo / Provided by the Presidential Palace)
