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Jan 30 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Czech president-elect Petr Pavel on Monday (Jan 30) vowed to boost his country's ties with #Taiwan after holding a phone call with the island's president and foreign minister. channelnewsasia.com/world/new-czec…
"I thanked her for her congratulations and I assured her that Taiwan and the Czech Republic share the values of freedom, democracy, and human rights," Pavel said on Twitter.
"We agreed on strengthening our partnership," added the former general, who served as head of NATO's military committee in 2015-2018.
He said he "expressed hope to have the opportunity to meet President Tsai in person in the future".
The Taiwanese presidential office said the call, which Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu also joined, lasted almost 15 minutes.
"The president ... acknowledged that president-elect Pavel carries on the spirit of former Czech president (Vaclav) Havel who respected democracy, freedom and human rights, under which the republic was founded, and is like-minded with Taiwan," Tsai's office said in a statement.
Tsai congratulated Pavel for winning the election on behalf of the Taiwanese government and Taiwanese people and she hopes Prague can keep promoting close partnership with Taiwan as he respects human rights, democracy and freedom.
Tsai said as both of them are alumnus of UCL, she and Pavel have shared life experiences and she hopes Taiwan and the Czech Republic can maintain communication and exchanges on regional issues and bilateral relationship. cna.com.tw/news/aipl/2023…
Tsai said the interaction between both sides are close and good as they actively promote economic investment and trade, technology, education, culture and tourism.
She said Taiwan is happy to deepen collaboration and partnership with Czech Republic in areas including semiconductor design, the cultivation of talents for advanced technology, and the reconstruction of global supply chain.
She will also encourage Taiwanese businesses to make the Czech Republic the base for deepening exchanges on trade and economics for central and Eastern Europe.
Apart from Tsai, Taiwan foreign minister Joseph Wu also joined the call that lasted almost 15 minutes.

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