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In December 2020, Taiwan opened its second representative office in France, in Aix-en-Provence. [14] In October 2021, a delegation of French senators visited Taiwan. [15] In November 2021, the French parliament passed a resolution which called on the French government to support Taiwan's participation in international organizations.
A group of six French lawmakers arrived in Taiwan for a five-day visit on Wednesday, following a similar trip led by a group of French parliamentarians in October that China sought to discourage.
In addition to his committee assignments, Richard chaired the Senate's Taiwan friendship group. In this capacity, he visited Taiwan in 2015, 2018, 2021, and 2023, including meetings with President Tsai Ing-wen. [13] Richard was reelected to a second full term in the Senate in 2017, this time as a member of the liberal La République En Marche!
The four senators, led by former defence minister Alain Richard, arrived in Taiwan on Wednesday despite the strong objections of China, which views the island as its own territory and is always ...
The French Office in Taipei (Chinese: 法國在台協會; pinyin: Fàguó Zài Tái Xiéhuì; French: Bureau français de Taipei, BFT) represents France's interests in Taiwan in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy. Its counterpart in France is the Taipei Representative Office in France, based in Paris.
In 2021, French senator Alain Richard announced a visit to Taiwan. The Chinese embassy initially sent him letters requesting him to stop. [ 39 ] After he refused to reconsider his trip, the Chinese embassy began Tweeting aggressive insults and threats against him and various other pro-Taiwan lawmakers and experts.
Taiwan has competed under several different names since 1949, when China’s Nationalist government fled to the island after being defeated by Mao Zedong’s Communists in a civil war.
During the French Fourth Republic the 27 October 1946 constitution defined a "Council of the Republic", the name used for the Senate until 1958. Three seats were reserved for "Councilors of the Republic" (senators) representing Français de l’extérieur (French from outside) living in Europe, the Americas and Asia-Oceania.