A delegation from the lower house of Spain’s legislative branch, the Congress of Deputies, arrived in Taiwan yesterday for a five-day visit, the first group from the Spanish Congress to visit Taiwan in more than three years, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
The cross-party delegation led by Deputy Rosa Romero Sanchez, president of the Congress of Deputies’ Health Commission, also includes five congressmen, Ivan Espinosa, Jaime de Olano, Ricardo Tarno Blanco, Jose Angel Alonso and Juan Diego Requena, the ministry said in a press release.
During their visit, which is scheduled to end on Saturday, they are to meet with Legislative Speaker You Si-kun (游錫?) and Vice Premier Shen Jong-chin (沈榮津), while a banquet is planned in their honor by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tsai Ming-yen (蔡明諺), the ministry said.
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The delegation is scheduled to visit several government agencies and the Hsinchu Science Park (新竹科學園區), where they would gain an in-depth understanding of Taiwan’s tech development and how to enhance bilateral exchanges, it said.
The ministry welcomes the delegation’s visit, which is the first by a congressional delegation from the European country since November 2019, it said.
It also thanked Spain’s Congress of Deputies for expressing concern over cross-Taiwan Strait tensions in a statement by its Foreign Affairs Commission on Oct. 6 last year.
It was the first time in nearly 50 years that the Spanish Congress passed a pro-Taiwan statement, the ministry said.
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