Czech senate speaker, Prague mayor to visit Taiwan

TAIPEI: A Czech delegation led by its senate speaker is set to arrive in Taiwan later this month, Taipei said on Thursday , following the highest-level US visit to the island that infuriated China.Milos Vystrcil's delegation including the Prague mayor, the wife of late speaker Jaroslav Kubera and business leaders are scheduled to visit between Aug 30 and Sep 4, according to Taiwan's foreign ministry.

Beijing views Taiwan as its own territory – vowing to one day seize it – and bristles at any moves by foreign governments to recognise or conduct official exchanges with Taipei.on Wednesday as health chief Alex Azar wrapped up a three-day visit to Taiwan at a time of high tensions between Washington and Beijing.The two powers have clashed over a range of issues from trade to military and the coronavirus pandemic.

Vystrcil is following in the footsteps of his predecessor Jaroslav Kubera, who died of a heart attack in January while planning the trip to Taiwan.

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