French parliamentary group to visit Taiwan; 3rd visit in 10 months
ROC Central News Agency
06/07/2022 03:22 PM
Taipei, June 7 (CNA) French lawmakers will be visiting Taiwan for a third time in 10 months when a group of five French senators arrives Wednesday on a six-day trip, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Tuesday.
The delegation, led by Joël Guerriau, vice chairman of the French Senate's Taiwan Friendship Group and vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and the Armed Forces, will meet with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and other top officials during its stay, MOFA said in a press release.
The other members of the delegation will be senators Vincent Eble, Sylvie Goy-Chavent, Dany Wattebled and Ludovic Haye, it said.
The lawmakers will exchange views with Taiwanese officials on global and regional security issues, technology innovation, and industry supply chains, MOFA said.
This will be Guerriau's second trip to Taiwan after a visit in 2018, according to MOFA, which noted that the Taiwan-friendly senator has initiated a number of pro-Taiwan bills in the French Senate.
One bill co-sponsored by Guerriau, a resolution adopted by the Senate in May 2021 backing Taiwan's international participation, was the first pro-Taiwan bill passed by the French legislative body.
His delegation's visit follows trips by two other French parliamentarian groups in the past year.
Alain Richard, head of the French Senate's Taiwan Friendship Group who was the country's defense minister from 1997 to 2002, and other lawmakers visited Taiwan in October 2021, and a six-member French National Assembly delegation came to Taiwan in December 2021.
MOFA said the frequent visits by representatives from both chambers of the French parliament demonstrated the friendly bonds between the two countries.
(By Joseph Yeh)
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