President Lai receives delegation from European Parliament

President Lai receives delegation from European Parliament

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China’s military drills around Taiwan have led to growing international support for Taiwan. President Lai Ching-te received on Tuesday received a delegation of eight members of the European Parliament at the Presidential Office. It was led by the chair of the European Parliament’s Taiwan Friendship Group Michael Gahler, who openly condemned China’s provocative military exercises. Let’s hear more.

Lai Ching-te
President
Mr. Gahler is an old friend of Taiwan, with this being his fifth visit. Thank you for bringing new friends with you on this trip. In facing the long-term hybrid challenges posed by authoritarian China including military threats, gray zone harassment and diplomatic and economic coercion, Taiwan has come to an extremely profound understanding. Firstly such challenges have proven once again the importance of peace through strength. And perhaps more importantly they have confirmed the need for nations to come together to resist authoritarian expansionism, safeguard freedom and democracy, and uphold the rules-based international order.

Michael Gahler
Member of European Parliament
We are strongly criticized the latest belligerent and aggressive posture that Mainland China has practiced a week ago around Taiwan. It is such provocation and unacceptable attitude that endangers the peaceful coexistence across the strait. The Taiwan Strait is an international strait and it’s good that different countries demonstrate that also by sending ships through this strait and making it clear that we do not accept a unilateral change of the status quo.

The president emphasized that peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait are not only vital to Indo-Pacific security, but also to European security and global economic prosperity. He said Taiwan is ready to work hand in hand with the European Parliament and its members to turn bilateral exchanges into concrete actions to build a democratic supply chain.

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總統接見歐洲議會訪團! 盼台歐攜手打造民主供應鏈

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中國對台軍演，卻讓國際友台聲浪越來越大！歐洲議會友台小組主席凱勒率團來自六個國家八位歐洲議會議員訪台，今天賴總統接見，凱勒當場譴責中國對台軍演挑釁，表明不接受單方面改變現狀。總統也感謝國際相挺。

[[總統賴清德]]
“尤其凱勒主席，已經是第五次來台，身為台灣的老朋友，謝謝您這次帶來更多新朋友，面對中國威權主義，長期的軍事威脅，灰色地帶侵擾，以及外交經濟脅迫等複合式挑戰，我們有非常深刻的體認，就是除了再次印證和平靠實力的鐵律，更重要的是，民主國家唯有團結合作，才能夠抵抗威權主義對外擴張”

[[歐洲議會友台小組主席凱勒]]
“我們強烈批評中國，上個禮拜在台灣周邊，採取的咄咄逼人的姿態，我們不接受這種挑釁的態度，來危害海峽兩岸的和平共處。台灣海峽是國際海峽，各國透過派遣船隻通過，來表明這一點，這是很好的事，我們不接受單方面改變現狀”

總統強調，台海的和平穩定，不只攸關印太安全，更是歐洲安全，乃至於全球經濟繁榮的重要關鍵，台灣已經準備好，與歐洲議會以及各位議員攜手，將雙方的交流，轉換為打造民主供應鏈的具體行動。

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