The new Czech president, Petr Pavel, had a phone call with President Tsai Ing-wen as soon as he won the election, and expressed his expectation for a meeting between the two sides. However, he said recently that he has no plans to visit Taiwan.

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[Reporter Lu Yixuan/Taipei Report] The new Czech president, Petr Pavel, had a phone call with President Tsai Ing-wen as soon as he won the election, and expressed his expectation for a meeting between the two sides.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Czech Republic, Adamova, recently led the largest delegation in history to Taiwan. Does Pavel have any plans to visit Taiwan?

Pavel responded on Tuesday, saying that the president's visit will inevitably lead to greater negative effects, which will endanger the operations of Czech companies, and he has no intention of doing so.

But even then, Pavel hinted, "nothing prevents us from holding talks at the highest level during our engagements, for example during international conferences".

A large delegation led by the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Czech Republic, Marketa Pekarova Adamova, left Taiwan at noon today and held a press conference for the delegation in the morning.

Czech media asked about Czech President Pavel saying that the two sides may meet at a large meeting. The media speculates that it refers to the Czech 2000 Forum. Is there such a possibility?

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Adamova replied that the Czech foreign policy has not been so consistent for a long time as it is now.

But she still cannot speak for the president, but judging from the fact that Pavel received congratulations from President Tsai when he was elected, and also had a phone call with President Tsai, "this shows the possible future development direction."

According to Czech media reports, Pavel talked about this matter in a discussion with students on Tuesday.

Students asked the president if he planned to visit Taiwan like the speaker of the House of Representatives?

Pavel said that it is one thing for congressional representatives to visit Taiwan, just like the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives, but the visit of the president will definitely trigger a greater negative reaction, such as comprehensive economic retaliation, because China’s behavior at the congressional level and the highest level of state affairs It is not justified to expose Czech companies to risks, according to the interviewer.

Pavel added that the Czech Republic still maintains the "one-China policy" and has not questioned China's territorial integrity, but at the same time reserves the Czech Republic's right to establish relations with anyone.

Pavel also revealed that there is nothing to prevent him and President Tsai from holding meetings at the highest level during neutral events, such as international conferences.

The Czech media speculated that Pavel may be referring to the "2000 AD Forum", which was organized by former Czech President Václav Havel, Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, and Japanese philanthropist Hōhei Sasakawa. Sasakawa Yohei, President Tsai has been invited to deliver speeches three times since 2020.