{"id":18071,"date":"2024-11-21T07:46:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T07:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18071"},"modified":"2024-11-21T07:46:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T07:46:18","slug":"taiwan-foreign-minister-lin-chia-lung-visits-european-parliament-during-unannounced-brussels-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18071","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung visits European Parliament during unannounced Brussels stop"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Taiwan\u2019s foreign minister Lin Chia-lung met with European Parliament members this week in an unannounced stop in Brussels as part of his\u00a0first visit to Europe to firm up ties.<\/p>

Taiwan has worked to strengthen ties with European countries as it faces an increasingly assertive China, which claims the self-ruled democratic island as part of its territory.<\/p>

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Taiwan\u2019s President Lai Ching-te (second left) attends the opening ceremony of a forum about investing in the EU, in Taiwan, on November 18, 2024. Photo: Liu Shu Fu\/Taiwan\u2019s Office of the President.<\/figcaption><\/figure>

The foreign ministry in Taipei had previously announced that Lin, leading a delegation of representatives of 20 Taiwanese drone companies, was scheduled to visit Lithuania during a week-long trip beginning November 17.<\/p>