Five Taiwanese lawmakers arrived in Washington on Monday for a visit to meet with US lawmakers and officials who deal with Taiwan-related issues.
The delegation is composed of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators Charles Chen (陳以信), Sandy Yeh (葉毓蘭), Jennifer Chen (陳玉珍) and Chang Yu-mei (張育美), and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Mark Ho (何志偉), said a statement from the office of Charles Chen, deputy chairman of the Legislative Yuan USA Caucus.
Two other legislators, Wong Chung-chun (翁重鈞) of the KMT and Wang Ting-yu (王定宇) of the DPP, are to join the delegation separately, the statement said, without specifying when they would arrive.
The planned meetings were arranged with the help of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), the statement said.
The visit, the first since the founding of the USA Caucus in July 2020, is aimed at deepening Taiwan-US ties and as a show of goodwill following a recent flurry of visits by US congressional members, Charles Chen said.
The delegation is to hold closed-door meetings with officials at the US departments of state and defense. On Capitol Hill, they are expected to meet with US Senator Mark Warner and representatives Don Beyer, Mark Takano and Judy Chu of the Democratic Party, and Republican senators Richard Burr, Rick Scott, Tommy Tuberville, Mike Lee and Marsha Blackburn and representatives Mario Diaz-Balart, Debbie Lesko and Darrell Issa.
The Taiwanese lawmakers are also scheduled to cohost a banquet with the Taiwan Agricultural Goodwill Mission, Charles Chen said.
Beyond those meetings, the delegation is to be briefed by Representative to the US Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) and visit the Republic of China Defense Mission to the US before attending an evening event at Twin Oaks.
The delegation is expected to return to Taiwan on Saturday evening.
Their arrival came two days before the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is to deliberate the proposed Taiwan Policy Act of 2022.
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