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Czech Senate President Visited Taiwan with 90 Delegates in Response to Beijing: Don’t be Someone’s Servant
Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil led a delegation to visit Taiwan on Aug 30, 2020 and was expected to meet the Taiwan President, Tsai Ing-wen, and other officials.
Before the trip, Mr. Vystrcil said the purpose of the visit was to promote business links with Taiwan. He would not bow to Beijing’s objections and said, “you cannot accept being someone’s servant, because when you obey the first time, even for once, it’s assumed that you will do the same ever after.” He added that this trip showed the value-oriented foreign policy of the late President Vaclav Havel, an anti-communist dissident and friend of the spiritual exiled Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama. Mr. Havel had spoken for Taiwan in the world many times during his reign.
The delegation would meet President Tsai in the morning of Sept 3 at the Presidential Office Building, the spokesperson of Taiwan Presidential Office, Xavier Chang, recently mentioned. It is also hoped that through this face-to-face exchange, Czech and Taiwan will deepen the cooperation in the fields of economic, trade investment, science, technology, medical care, tourism and culture.
The 90-strong delegates included Zdeněk Hřib, the Prague mayor. Before this, nearly 70 parliamentarians from the European Parliament and 8 countries including the United States, Canada and Australia issued an international joint statement, supporting this trip and calling on the leaders of democratic countries to join in to show unity.
Source: Stand News #Aug30
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Czech Senate President Visited Taiwan with 90 Delegates in Response to Beijing: Don’t be Someone’s Servant
Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil led a delegation to visit Taiwan on Aug 30, 2020 and was expected to meet the Taiwan President, Tsai Ing-wen, and other officials.
Before the trip, Mr. Vystrcil said the purpose of the visit was to promote business links with Taiwan. He would not bow to Beijing’s objections and said, “you cannot accept being someone’s servant, because when you obey the first time, even for once, it’s assumed that you will do the same ever after.” He added that this trip showed the value-oriented foreign policy of the late President Vaclav Havel, an anti-communist dissident and friend of the spiritual exiled Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama. Mr. Havel had spoken for Taiwan in the world many times during his reign.
The delegation would meet President Tsai in the morning of Sept 3 at the Presidential Office Building, the spokesperson of Taiwan Presidential Office, Xavier Chang, recently mentioned. It is also hoped that through this face-to-face exchange, Czech and Taiwan will deepen the cooperation in the fields of economic, trade investment, science, technology, medical care, tourism and culture.
The 90-strong delegates included Zdeněk Hřib, the Prague mayor. Before this, nearly 70 parliamentarians from the European Parliament and 8 countries including the United States, Canada and Australia issued an international joint statement, supporting this trip and calling on the leaders of democratic countries to join in to show unity.
Source: Stand News #Aug30
#Czech #Taiwan #MilosVystrcil