Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu says he met with Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker of
the U-K's House of Commons during his visit to London last week.

It's the first ever meeting between a Taiwan legislative speaker and the
speaker of Britain's lower house of the Parliament.

Taiwan's representative to the U-K Vincent Yao says that the meeting between
Hoyle and Han was especially significant because it took place immediately
after the State Opening of Parliament on May 13, when U-K lawmakers were
occupied with debates over the King's Speech.

Han led a cross-party legislative delegation to both France and the U-K
last week.

According to Han, the delegation's visit to was "highly fruitful" and
resulted in major advancements in speaker-to-speaker dialogues, parliamentary
exchanges, and strategic think tank engagements.

The cross-party delegation met directly with senior parliamentary figures in
both countries, including the speaker of Britain's lower house of the
Parliament and the president of the French Senate.

The delegation also held talks lawmakers from pro-Taiwan groups in both
countries.

Han says some of those lawmakers have pledged to visit Taiwan soon, with the
first group expected as early as later this month.