(Taipei Comprehensive News) Lai Qingde, Vice President of Taiwan, went to Japan as a special envoy on Monday (July 11) to mourn the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead.
Comprehensive United News Network, Liberty Times and other Taiwan media reports that Lai Qingde went to Japan in 50 years after the "Republic of China" and Japan had broken diplomatic relations in 1972.
The Japanese side confirmed the matter and set the trip to Lai Qingde as a "private itinerary."The Taiwan Government said that Lai Qingde and Abe and his family are friends for many years, and they are deeply reluctant to die.According to the picture taken by the Japanese media, after Lai Qingde arrived in Japan on Monday morning, he entered Abe's residence in Tokyo with his representative of Taiwan in Japan.
Tsai Ing -wen described Abe: Taiwan's forever good friend
At the same time, Taiwan Tsai Ing -wen signed the Taipei Office of the Taiwan Exchange Association on Monday morning on Monday morning, and described Abe as "Taiwan's forever good friend" in the message.
She posted on Facebook that he would remember Abe's expectations for Taiwan -Japan cooperation. Taiwan and Japan will continue to work together in the future to deepen the friendly relations between the two sides and jointly create the freedom and opening up of the Indo -Pacific region.
Abe was assassinated in Nara, Japan last Friday (July 8), and the festival will be held on Tuesday (12th).Abe once said, "There is something in Taiwan, which is equivalent to Japan." Taiwan media described him as "the most Japanese prime minister."Government agencies and public schools at all levels in Taiwan have a half -flag this week, and I feel Abe's contribution to Taiwan.
