Keiji Furuya, former Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission of the Liberal Democratic Party, and Minoru Kihara of the Liberal Democratic Party, who serves as the chairman of the Japan-China Parliamentarians Association, a parliamentary federation of bipartisan parliamentarians promoting exchanges with Taiwan, and 22 members of the House of Representatives. I will visit Taiwan from day one.
According to Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Furuya and Mr. Kihara will stay in Taiwan from the 22nd to the 24th and will meet with President Tsai Ing-wen and Vice President Lai Qingde.
Earlier this month, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan for the first time in 25 years as an incumbent Speaker of the House. rice field.
However, another delegation from the United States visited Taiwan on the 14th of this month, and together with Mr. Furuya and others, three delegations from Japan and the United States will visit Taiwan in quick succession this month alone.
Taiwan places importance on parliamentary diplomacy as a means of complementing its dialogue with Japan, the West, and other countries with which it has no diplomatic relations, as dialogue between authorities is restricted.
“At a time when authoritarian countries are plotting external aggression and expansion, causing regional tensions and challenging the international order, democratic countries must unite even more,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. "I am sure that Mr. Furuya's visit will further deepen the all-round friendship and cooperation between Taiwan and Japan," he said.