Vice President of Italian Lower House Meets Taiwan Representative, Voicing Support for Ambassadorial Relations and Calling on Government Not to Submit to China
Vice President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Fabio Rampelli met with Taiwan’s representative to Italy Andrea Sing-Ying Lee on 7 October. In a press release that followed the meeting, Rampelli said he supported Taiwan to officially set up embassy in Italy. He also called on the Italian government not to give in to pressure from China and to strengthen its diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
Referring to Lee as the “Ambassador of Taiwan,” Rampelli noted that the meeting, which he said was sincere and friendly, centred around that fact that Taiwan’s diplomatic mission is not officially recognized by Italy and can only be called an ‘Economic and Trade Office.’ Rampelli said this was because of the continuous pressure from the CCP on Italy and the EU and its unilateral claim that Taiwan was part of China.
Rampelli said he was surprised by the fact that Taiwan cannot have an embassy in Italy and form official diplomatic relations with it. He promised Lee that he would make every effort to enable Taiwan to enjoy fuller, de jure or de facto diplomatic rights in Italy and the EU. He added that he is aware of the pressure from CCP on the Italian government, evident from the silence on the Hong Kong national security law from Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and the foreign minister Luigi Di Maio.
Source: Apple Daily #Oct09
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Vice President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Fabio Rampelli met with Taiwan’s representative to Italy Andrea Sing-Ying Lee on 7 October. In a press release that followed the meeting, Rampelli said he supported Taiwan to officially set up embassy in Italy. He also called on the Italian government not to give in to pressure from China and to strengthen its diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
Referring to Lee as the “Ambassador of Taiwan,” Rampelli noted that the meeting, which he said was sincere and friendly, centred around that fact that Taiwan’s diplomatic mission is not officially recognized by Italy and can only be called an ‘Economic and Trade Office.’ Rampelli said this was because of the continuous pressure from the CCP on Italy and the EU and its unilateral claim that Taiwan was part of China.
Rampelli said he was surprised by the fact that Taiwan cannot have an embassy in Italy and form official diplomatic relations with it. He promised Lee that he would make every effort to enable Taiwan to enjoy fuller, de jure or de facto diplomatic rights in Italy and the EU. He added that he is aware of the pressure from CCP on the Italian government, evident from the silence on the Hong Kong national security law from Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and the foreign minister Luigi Di Maio.
Source: Apple Daily #Oct09
#Italy #Taiwan #China #FabioRampelli #AndreaSingYingL #Diplomacy
https://bit.ly/34yCFhz