President of the Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies Carlos Maria Lopez is to arrive in Taiwan today for a five-day visit, during which he is scheduled to meet President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and other top government officials, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday said in a statement.
Lopez is to lead a legislative delegation to Taiwan for the first time in his capacity as the South American nation’s lower house speaker, a position he took in July last year, the statement said.
The delegation would include Edgar Espinola Guerrero, chairperson of the Paraguayan committee on national defense, security and intelligence; Teofilo Espinola Peralta, who leads the Paraguayan committee on social development and housing; and Rodrigo Daniel Blanco Amarilla, chairperson of the Paraguayan committee on childhood and youth development, the statement said.
The delegation is to meet with Tsai, Legislative Speaker You Si-kun (游錫?) and Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮), as well as representatives of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Mainland Affairs Council before its departure on Thursday, it said.
Lopez has been a “staunch friend” of Taiwan, having expressed concern over China’s military exercises near Taiwan and support for Taiwan-Paraguay relations, the statement said.
Lopez’s visit would facilitate exchanges between the two countries, which have developed a close partnership since they established formal diplomatic relations in 1957, it said.
Paraguay is one of 14 nations that maintain formal ties with Taiwan.
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