Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) is leading a cross-party delegation to the UK for exchanges with parliamentarians, policy experts and overseas Taiwanese groups following a visit to France.
In an address on Thursday at the Royal United Services Institute, a London-based security think tank, Han said the delegation’s cross-party composition reflected political diversity and unity in Taiwan.
“In the face of a rapidly changing international situation, democracies must deepen exchanges and cooperation to safeguard regional peace and stability,” he said.
Photo courtesy of the Legislative Yuan via CNA
The 10-member delegation comprises of Han and four other lawmakers from the Chinese Nationalist Pary (KMT), four from the Democratic Progressive Party, and one from the Taiwan People’s Party. They departed for France on Saturday last week.
On Thursday, the delegation attended a reception hosted by the British-Taiwanese All-Party Parliamentary Group in Churchill Hall at the Houses of Parliament.
Labour MP Sarah Champion said the group has been proud to support Taiwan whenever possible, citing a motion passed by Parliament in November 2024 rejecting China’s interpretation of UN Resolution 2758.
Champion said at the event that UN Resolution 2758 does not confer sovereignty over Taiwan to the People’s Republic of China, nor does it address Taiwan’s status within the UN or its participation in UN agencies.
Han’s delegation was scheduled to attend the annual convention of the Council of Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce in Europe, which was slated to take place in London yesterday.
In France, the delegation held exchanges with French senators at the invitation of the chair of the Senate’s Taiwan Friendship Group Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, and met with experts at the French Institute of International Relations, among other engagements.
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