German and Lithuanian parliamentary delegates traveled to Taiwan this week to meet with Taiwanese defense officials as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continued to exert military pressure on the self-ruled island.
Lithuania’s nine-member delegation arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for a six-day visit “to demonstrate the solidarity and cooperation of frontline democratic countries,” according to Taiwan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry.
The delegation was led by Laurynas Kasciunas, chair of the national defense committee, and Dovile Sakaliene, deputy chairman of the Lithuania-Taiwan parliamentary friendship group, the ministry said.
The German delegation, led by the national defense committee chairman Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, and deputy chair of the Liberal Democratic Party Johannes Vogel, traveled to Taiwan for four days….