A delegation of parliamentarians from Germany’s Free Democratic Party (FDP) arrived in Taiwan on Monday (January 9) in a show of support for the island’s democracy amid military threats from its neighbour China.
Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, head of the German parliamentary defence committee and member of the governing coalition partner FDP, led the delegation together with Johannes Vogel at their meeting with Taiwan’s President of the Legislative Yuan, Yu Shyi-kun.
During their 4-day visit, meetings with President Tsai Ing-wen and Premier Su Tsang-Chang are also on the agenda, coming as a precursor to a visit by German Education Minister Betting Stark-Watzinger, also of the FDP, set for later this spring.
