The Taiwan Friendship Group of the Swiss Federal Parliament confirmed to the Swiss media that it will organize a delegation to visit Taiwan in early February.

The picture shows a man waving the Swiss flag in front of the Swiss Federal Parliament building.

(Reuters)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] Since former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in August last year, there has been a global wave of visits to Taiwan. Members of Congress from various countries have visited Taiwan one after another to express their support for Taiwan with practical actions.

As early as October last year, there was news that the Swiss Federal Parliament would organize a delegation to Taiwan. Today, Swiss media finally confirmed the news, saying that the delegation will visit Taiwan early next month.

According to a report by the Swiss media Le Matin Dimanche on the 15th, Nicolas Walder, co-chairman of the Taiwan Friendship Group of the Swiss Federal Parliament and member of the Green Party (GRÜNE Schweiz), confirmed to the newspaper that the cross-party Congress Taiwan Friendship Group will Visit Taiwan from February 5th to 10th this year, and have talks with Taiwan's legislators and representatives of various government ministries. The visiting delegation is expected to consist of 5 people.

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In fact, when it was reported last year that Switzerland, a neutral country, would also organize a delegation to visit Taiwan, Beijing expressed strong dissatisfaction. At that time, Zhao Qinghua, the Chinese Consul General in Zurich, warned that the visit would "cause chaos."

However, Wardell ignored the protests from the Chinese side and said that he did not think this visit would violate Switzerland's neutrality. "China should accept Switzerland as a democratic country, where the roles of parliament and government are separate. Don't confuse the visit of parliamentarians to Taiwan with the actions of the Federal Council." .

Wardell emphasized that the purpose of the congressional delegation's visit to Taiwan is not to wrestle with Beijing, but to demonstrate Switzerland's support for democracy, which he believes is what a member of Congress of a democratic country should do.

The Swiss "Sunday morning newspaper" (Le Matin Dimanche) confirmed today that a delegation of five federal congressmen is expected to visit Taiwan from February 5 to 10 and meet with legislators and representatives of government ministries.

(Extracted from the Sunday Morning News website)