A cross -party delegation composed of 10 Australian parliament members will visit Taiwan in September to discuss the issue of trade issues and Taiwan's comprehensive progress of cross -Pacific partnerships (CPTPP).
According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Tuesday (August 22), members of the Australian Congress include: Labor Party Councilor Josh Wilson, David Smith, and the shadow of the Wild Liberal PartyForeign Minister Claire Chandler.
Chandler said in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the interview itinerary was purely a parliamentary interview in 2022.She pointed out that the Australian Congress visited Taiwan has visited Taiwan many times in recent years, just as the Australian Parliament Visits will visit other places on a regular basis.
She said: "Taiwan is one of Australia's largest export destinations, and members of the Australian Parliament visited Taiwan for many years, so this visit is not unusual or different."
Other members of the Australian Parliament who participated in the organization of the visit said that free and democratic countries like Australia continued to have unofficial political visits to Taiwan to show support.
The Economic and Cultural Office of Taipei in Australia said in a statement that Australian members of Australia, which welcomes all political parties to visit Taiwan.Taiwan and Australia enjoy the common values of democracy, freedom and respect for human rights, and are committed to maintaining peace and security based on rules.Taiwan has also established an important mutually beneficial trade relationship with Australia, which can further become a springboard for both sides to move towards a more resilient economy and supply chain.
It is reported that Taiwanese officials are expected to ask the Australian parliament to persuade the Albanis government to support Taiwan to join CPTPP.
After the Labor government came to power, Australian Prime Minister Albanis is committed to restoring relations with Beijing, and China Australia has recently arranged high -level interoperability.The Chinese government also canceled import tariffs on Australian barley earlier this month, which is the latest sign of improvement of relations between the two countries.Therefore, it is reported that for Canberra, visiting Taiwan's visit to Taiwan this time will be a sensitive political issue.
Six cross -party members, including former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, went to Taiwan for five days in December last year to meet with officials such as Tsai Ing -wen in Taiwan.At that time, the Australian reported that the Australian reported that in order to prevent Beijing lobbying from canceling the visit of Taiwan, the entire itinerary was strictly confidential.However, the official media of Mainland China still criticized Albanis that did not stop parliamentarians from visiting Taiwan at the time.
Mark Harrison, a senior lecturer at the University of Tasmania, Australia, said the Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs adopted a non -interference policy for members of parliament to visit Taiwan.The members of the delegation also predict that Beijing's response will be the same as 2022.
In response to this, the Chinese Embassy in Australia reiterated that Taiwan is the core of China's core interests and the position of Taiwan's issue is consistent and clear.The embassy said that Sino -Australian relations are in an important period of stability and rising.China hopes that the Australian side will obey a China principle commitment made by the government to avoid unnecessary interference and damage to Sino -Australian relations.
