President William Lai (賴清德) this morning extended his congratulations to US President Donald Trump via social media on his inauguration.
In a post on X, Lai said Taiwan looks forward to working with Trump's administration.
Photo courtesy of Wang Ting-yu
"Sincere congratulations to @realDonaldTrump & @JDVance on your inauguration as #POTUS & #VP. #Taiwan looks forward to working with your administration to promote enduring freedom, peace & prosperity around the world. We wish you great success in the years ahead," Lai wrote.
A delegation of cross-party lawmakers led by Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) watched a livestream of the inauguration at Capital One Arena in Washington yesterday.
Due to sub-zero temperatures forecast for Washington, the ceremony was moved indoors to the Capitol Rotunda, instead of being held on the Capitol steps.
This adjustment significantly reduced the number of attendees, including Taiwan's delegation.
However, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Wang Ting-yu (王定宇) said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Taiwan's representative office to the US secured four tickets to watch the inauguration livestream in a VIP room in the arena.
Those four tickets went to Han, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Ko Chih-en (柯志恩), Taiwan People's Party Legislator Chen Gau-tzu (陳昭姿) and himself, Wang said.
The other four lawmakers in the delegation — Chen Kuan-ting (陳冠廷) and Jean Kuo (郭昱晴) of the DPP and Lee Yen-hsiu (李彥秀) and Ko Ju-chun (葛如鈞) of the KMT — were to watch the livestream inside the arena, Wang said.
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