Senate President Milos Vystrcil returned from Taiwan to Prague on Saturday morning. More than a hundred people came to the Kbel airport to welcome him and thank him. The members of the delegation then went to the Senate, where they will be required to test for covid-19 and a press conference to evaluate their mission.
People who came to welcome the head of the upper house of Parliament had banners reading “Thank you” and “We are Taiwanese.” Some held the flags of the Czech Republic and the EU. He stuck out telling them that he was going to Taiwan to get the Czechs straightened their backs and to make it clear that they were not just interested in their stomachs.
In the afternoon, Vystrčil and other senators will speak at a press conference in the Senate. He told reporters in Taipei before his departure on Friday that he considered the mission a success. According to him, the island country is willing to engage more economically in Europe through the Czech Republic, and the Czech Republic should take advantage of this. The trip was criticized by China, which considers Taiwan to be its rebel province.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang I has threatened to chair the Czech upper house that he will pay a high price for the mission. Czech diplomacy and European officials opposed the statement.
The Senate delegation to Taiwan was accompanied by representatives of 36 Czech companies, which are mainly focused on modern and advanced technologies. The Czechia and Taiwan could cooperate, for example, in cyber security and in the fight against coronavirus. The establishment of a direct airline between Prague and Taipei is also at stake, and one of the Taiwanese banks or the Taiwanese Association of Electronics Manufacturers is also considering operating in the Czech Republic.
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The Speaker of the Taiwanese Parliament, Jou Si-kchun, awarded the President of the Czech Senate, Miloš Vystrčil, with a medal for parliamentary diplomacy. | Video: Asociated Press
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