A delegation of officials and business representatives from Lithuania is to arrive in Taiwan tomorrow to discuss advancing bilateral exchanges in financial technology and other fields, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said on Thursday.
The delegation is also to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and other top government officials during the four-day visit, the ministry said in a statement.
The group is led by Lithuanian Parliament Speaker Viktorija Cmilyte-Nielsen, and includes her foreign policy adviser in the parliament Rolandas Kacinskas and Lithuanian Vice Minister of Finance Vaida Cesnuleviciute, the ministry said.
Photo: screen grab from Lithuanian Parliament’s Web site
Vilma Meskauskiene, the head of the Lithuanian Ministry of Finance’s financial markets policy department, and business representatives from the Baltic country will also join the delegation, it said.
The delegation is to participate in a financial technology forum and visit the Ultrafast Laser Technology Research and Innovation Center in Tainan, which was established jointly last month by Taiwan and Lithuania, a global leader in that type of technology, the ministry said.
Cmilyte-Nielsen is scheduled to address the Legislative Yuan, which is to confer an honorary medal on her, and she will hold a press conference in Taipei on Monday, it said.
The Lithuanian dignitaries will also meet Vice President William Lai (賴清德) and Premier Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) and attend a banquet hosted by the president, the ministry said.
The visit aims to advance exchanges and interactions between Taiwan and Lithuania in a wide range of areas, including science, technology and the economy, it said.
Hopefully, members of the delegation would gain a deeper understanding of Taiwan, the situation across the Taiwan Strait, and the security issues in the Asian and European regions, the foreign ministry said.
In 2021, Beijing imposed sanctions on Lithuania for allowing Taipei to set up a Taiwanese Representative Office in the capital, Vilnius.
Lithuania stood firm on the issue, and the Taiwanese office opened its doors last year.
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