German MP Katrin Budde (first from right), who will be visiting Taiwan, meets with Xie Zhiwei (second from right), representative to Germany.

(Picture taken from Facebook)

[Reporter Lu Yixuan/Taipei Report] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today that Klaus-Peter Willsch, chairman of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Taiwan, will lead a group of 5 vice-chairmen of the cross-party Taiwan Friendship Group to Taiwan from October 2 to 6. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its sincere welcome to the visit.

This is also the first visit to Germany in three years after the outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan.

Recently, the legislators, the German Economic Office and other relevant people announced that a German delegation will come to Taiwan in October. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ou Jiangan responded to media questions at the regular meeting today and explained that the chairman of the German parliamentary group for Taiwan friendly Weirsch will be next Sunday (October 10). March 2) led a delegation to arrive in Taiwan.

Ou Jiangan also said that the delegation of the German Parliament Friends-Taiwan Group was the first visit to Germany in three years since the outbreak of the Wuhan pneumonia (COVID-19) in 2019. It was not only an official official visit of the German Parliament, but also At a time when China is escalating its military threat to Taiwan, another important European country has shown firm support for Taiwan with concrete actions after the French parliamentary delegation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its gratitude for this.

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Ou Jiangan further pointed out that the seven members of the delegation represented the German Christian Democrats/CASS Alliance, the Social Democratic Party, the Green Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, the Alternative for the Alternative Party and the Left Party.

During this trip, the visiting guests will meet with the President and Vice President, receive a banquet from Legislative President You Xikun and Foreign Minister Wu Zhaoxie, and will meet with the committee of the "Taiwan and German Parliamentarians Friendship Association", the Legislative Yuan, and security-related institutions and think tanks. .

The visiting guests will also visit the Tainan Science Park and communicate with manufacturers, and continue to deepen Taiwan-Germany cooperation in the fields of economic and trade investment, high-tech industries and supply chain security.

Ou Jiangan emphasized that Taiwan and Germany are solid partners who share the values ​​of freedom, democracy, rule of law and human rights, and jointly defend the rules-based international order.

At a time when global authoritarianism continues to expand, in the face of China's increasing military threat to Taiwan, the German government and Congress have continued to strengthen their attention to the security of the Taiwan Strait, support Taiwan's participation in international organizations, and deepen bilateral relations. Germany's cross-party firm support for Taiwan; I look forward to continuously deepening exchanges and cooperation between the two sides, strengthening democratic unity and resilience, and moving towards a prosperous and stable future together.

Klaus-Peter Willsch, chairman of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Taiwan, also visited Taiwan in 2019 and will lead a delegation to Taiwan again next Sunday.

The picture shows Wei Erxu taking a group photo with the then President of the Legislative Yuan Su Jiaquan when he visited the Legislative Yuan.

(taken from the Legislative Yuan website)