Cai Yingwen hopes that Britain supports Taiwan to join CPTPP

Taiwan Tsai Ing -wen on Monday (March 20) met with a visiting group led by the British Parliament Statt, saying that she hopes that Britain can support Taiwan to apply for a cross -Pacific partner comprehensive progress agreement (CPTPP).

The official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan announced that Bob Stewart was invited by the Taiwan government to visit Taiwan from March 19th to 24th.The five parliamentarians he traveled with him were Rob Butler, Sarah Atsherton, Tanmanjet Singh DHESI, Afzal Khan, and Marie Rimmer.

Comprehensive Taiwan Liberty Times and Reuters reports, Tsai Ing -wen said during the visit to the delegation on Monday afternoon that in recent years, the British Parliament has become more and more power in Taiwan.Can deepen exchanges and cooperation.

Tsai Ing -wen said that this is the first time that the British Parliament has visited Taiwan for the current period. It is believed that it will bring closer exchanges to both parties.Debate, the Foreign Council of the British Parliament also visited Taiwan in November last year, showing its importance to Taiwan.

Tsai Ing -wen said, thanks to Britain for repeating the importance of maintaining the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait through multiple platforms such as the Seven Kingdoms (G7).Britain is a key partner for Taiwan to promote the offshore wind power industry. More than 30 British players have set up operating offices in Taiwan.

Tsai Ing -wen said that in addition to the offshore wind power, Taiwan and the United Kingdom can also complement each other in the fields of toughness, network security, medical biotechnology industry in the supply chain, create a win -win situation, and wish Britain to join CPTPP smoothly. I also hope thatBritain adheres to the high standard of spiritual support for Taiwan's application for admission, so that Taiwan and Britain can continue to deepen their partnership.

The Mainland China Embassy in the UK on Sunday (19th) issued a document to criticize the British parliament on the official website to visit Taiwan and warn any behavior that harms the interests of China, which will be strongly countered by mainland China.