ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED: Legislator Lin Ching-yi said a new association creates a great starting point for an important partnership between the two sidesBy Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter
By Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporterTwo parliamentary associations to facilitate exchanges with lawmakers abroad were inauguarated at a ceremony at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday the Taiwan-New Zealand Inter-Parliamentary Amity Association and the Taiwan-Four Nordic Countries Parliamentary Friendship Association.
By Chen Cheng-yu and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe legislature yesterday inaugurated the Taiwan Parliamentary All-out Defense Committee in an effort to increase defense awareness among the public.
The Legislative Yuan yesterday inaugurated a new committee on foreign affairs, with the goal of improving the nation’s international standing by achieving unity among legislators from different parties.
According to its charter, the Congressional Diplomacy and Strategy Consensus Committee aims to maintain regional peace through defense collaboration, as well as promote the nation’s international participation.
Legislative Yuan Secretary-General Lin Jih-jia (林志嘉) praised the committee as an “additional counterparty between Taiwan and other countries.”
The committee, the first of its kind, would be able to overcome obstacles that Taiwan faces in its foreign interactions, said Lin, who attended on behalf of Legislative Speaker You