Deputy Legislative Speaker Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) visited former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday, the Legislative Yuan said today.
Turnbull welcomed Chiang and expressed support for Chiang's proposed "3D" principles of deterrence, dialogue and democracy for maintaining regional peace and stability, the legislature said in a statement.
Photo courtesy of the Legislative Yuan via CNA
Turnbull agreed that maintaining communication could help reduce misunderstandings and create opportunities to ease tensions, the statement said.
Chiang said regional stability and economic security are the main challenges facing countries amid rapid global changes, and hoped that Taiwan and Australia could develop a more comprehensive partnership as bilateral trade continues to grow, it added.
Taiwan's leading role in the global semiconductor supply chain and Australia's abundant mineral and agricultural resources are highly complementary, Chiang said.
Chiang also expressed the hope that Turnbull could use his influence to support Taiwan's bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Taiwan's participation would bring positive effects to the trade bloc because of the complementary nature of Taiwanese and Australian industries, he added.
Later the same day, Chiang visited the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, the statement said.
Chiang departed for Sydney on Saturday evening with a delegation of lawmakers to attend events with the World Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce and engage in parliamentary diplomacy, the legislature said.
It said he would be in Australia for two-and-a-half days, but did not specify when he would return to Taiwan.
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