Taiwan Delegation Meets with French Lawmakers in Paris
Posted on 2022-07-29 07:18:14
A delegation led by Legislative Yuan Speaker You Si-kun has held talks with members of the French Senate in Paris.
The delegation was received by Senator Olivier Cadic and Alain Richard, the head of the French Senate's Taiwan Friendship Group.
The Taiwanese delegation says French senators expressed their support for bolstering Taiwan-France relations and said the two sides should work together to address global challenges and jointly safeguard democracy given their shared values.
The French senators also expressed hope to strengthen economic and trade cooperation with Taiwan's semiconductor industry.
While two sides touched on a number of other issues during the talks, including ending capital punishment in Taiwan.
The Taiwanese delegation is being cited as telling the French lawmakers that abolishing capital punishment requires amending the island's laws and a changes in public opinion.
The trip to France comes after the delegation visited to the Czech Republic and Lithuania last week.
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