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The Presidential Office on Tuesday morning welcomed parliamentary delegations from the EU and the UK. Both groups expressed hope for deeper economic and trade relations with Taiwan and underscored the importance of key issues such as free navigation in the Taiwan Strait and maintaining peaceful cross-strait relations. On the other hand, a group from the US Congress also wrapped up its Taiwan visit in the evening at the Taipei Guest House.

An 11-member delegation of the European Parliament’s Committee on Security and Defence was received by President Lai Ching-te Tuesday morning on the first day of their four-day visit to Taiwan. The group will later visit the Ministry of Defense and the Institute for National Defense and Security Research.

Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
Member of European Parliament
We support stability. We support dialogue. We oppose coercion and any unilateral change to the status quo by force.

Lai Ching-te
President
Only by continuing to strengthen our self-defense capabilities, will we have the means to safeguard regional peace and stability.

The president also welcomed the British-Taiwanese All-Party Parliamentary Group, making for a busy week in diplomacy. Meanwhile, a US Congressional delegation currently in Taiwan also wrapped up their visit with a press event at the Taipei Guest House.

Jeanne Shaheen
US Senator (Democratic Party)
It’s crucial that all parties in Taiwan come together to approve robust supplementary defense spending, a package that enables not only purchases of critical American equipment, but also asymmetric capabilities that are produced right here in Taiwan. The US must fulfill our commitments, which include delivering arms and capabilities as quickly as we can.

Again, the bipartisan delegation urged Taiwan’s legislature to pass a special defense budget bill. This was especially strongly worded by Senator John Curtis of the Republican Party, who urged Taiwan to carry its weight instead of only depending on the US.

John Curtis
US Senator (Republican Party)
And I so strongly feel that Taiwan should pass the special defense budget. When I go home to my colleagues in the Senate that I’m able to say to them, “They’re carrying their weight, they’re picking up their weight of the stick, and they’re doing their part, not only depending on us in the United States.” As we invest in the United States in defense and in not only protecting this part of the world, but the entire world.

Earlier, the group had visited the Legislative Yuan and met with Speaker Han Kuo-yu and both ruling and opposition lawmakers, making it clear that the US is closely watching Taiwan’s special defense budget.

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