The Czech Republic sent a 150-member delegation to Taiwan on March 25, its largest-ever delegation to the self-ruled island, aiming to expand cooperation while expressing support for Taiwan’s democratic system.
Marketa Pekarova Adamova, the speaker of the Czech parliament’s lower chamber, led the delegation and referred to Taiwan as a “close partner” of the Czech Republic.
During her meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on March 27, Adamova said the two countries share the same values and principles, “the most important of which are freedom, democracy, and human rights, ensuring that we resist other external pressures.”
Adamova reaffirmed her government’s stance that maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait was in the interests of all democracies in the international community and global security, according to Tsai’s office….