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EU’s Taiwan Delegation Set to Anger China by Calling for Stronger Ties

  • Delegation chair tells President Tsai: you are not alone
  • Beijing objects to engaging in official contact with Taipei
Raphael GlucksmannPhotographer: Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images
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The European Parliament’s first official delegation to Taiwan called for more “high level” exchanges between the two sides, disregarding Beijing’s warnings against diplomatic ties with the democratically ruled island.

“Our visit should be considered as an important first step,” French member of the European Parliament Raphael Glucksmann told President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday in Taipei. “Next we need a concrete agenda of high-level meetings to build a much stronger EU-Taiwan partnership.”