Lai confers Order of Propitious Clouds on Czech Senate President

Lai confers Order of Propitious Clouds on Czech Senate President

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President Lai Ching-te this morning awarded the conferred the Order of Propitious Clouds on Miloš Vystrčil, the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic. The honor was awarded to him to recognize his years of standing up to pressure from China, firmly supporting Taiwan, and helping strengthen ties between Taiwan and Czechia. Let’s hear from Lai.

Lai Ching-te
President
In 2020, when the world was still grappling with the pandemic, Senate President Vystrčil stood firm against pressure from China and insisted on visiting Taiwan. When Speaker Vystrčil said, “I am Taiwanese” in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan, it deeply moved the people of Taiwan and allowed the world to witness the courage of democracy, the strength of unity, and the Czech people’s proud tradition of defending freedom. Today, on behalf of the Republic of China Taiwan, I am presenting the Order of Propitious Clouds on Senate President Vystrčil to recognize his steadfast support for Taiwan over the years. This medal reflects your extraordinary courage and symbolizes the highest respect and gratitude of the Taiwanese people.

Miloš Vystrčil
President of the Czech Senate
It is a great honor to receive the Order of Propitious Clouds, a decoration symbolizing the highest distinction. On a personal level, this is an immense honor for me. Our responsibility is to strengthen our countries’ resilience, resist these trends, and defend and protect our freedom and democracy. That is precisely why we need allies.

Vystrčil emphasized that in the face of expanding authoritarianism, both Taiwan and Czechia have experienced authoritarian rule and understand that democracy and freedom were hard-won. Because of this, he said, greater unity, cooperation, and deeper bilateral ties are needed.

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頒授韋德齊"特種大綬卿雲勳章" 賴清德:堅定挺台

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總統賴清德今天上午頒授「特種大綬卿雲勳章」，給來台訪問的捷克參議院議長韋德齊，表彰他多年來他力抗中國、堅定支持台灣、並促進台捷關係發展的貢獻。

[[總統賴清德]]
“2020年當世界仍受疫情衝擊之際，韋德齊參議長不畏中國壓力，堅持訪問台灣，韋德齊議長在立法院說出我是台灣人這句話，讓台灣人民深受感動，也讓全世界都感受到，民主的勇氣、團結的力量，以及捷克人民守護自由的偉大傳統。今天我代表中華民國台灣，透過頒授特種大綬卿雲勳章，表彰韋德齊參議長多年來對台灣的堅定支持，這枚勳章彰顯你的非凡勇氣，也象徵台灣人民對你的最高敬意和感謝。”

[[捷克參議院議長韋德齊]]
“能夠獲頒象徵崇高榮譽的特種大綬卿雲勳章，深感榮幸，對我個人而言，這是一項莫大殊榮。我們的責任是提升我們國家的韌性，抵禦這些趨勢並捍衛與守護我們的自由和民主，正因為如此，我們需要盟友。”

韋德齊議長強調，面對威權主義擴張、台灣與捷克雙邊都經歷威權統治、知道民主自由得來不易，因此更需要團結合作，深化雙邊情誼。

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