For Immediate Release
Washington DC – August 7, 2020
Contact: (202) 547-3686
Joint Taiwanese American Organizations Urge President Trump to Invite Highest Level Delegation from Taiwan to Washington DC during Azar’s Taiwan Visit
On August 7, the presidents of three Taiwanese-American organizations, the Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA), the North American Taiwanese Medical Association (NATMA), and the North America Taiwanese Professors’ Association (NATPA) sent a joint letter to President Trump in light of the upcoming groundbreaking trip of HHS Secretary Alex Azar to Taiwan.
They write: “We hereby express the hope that […] you will instruct Secretary Azar to invite a delegation of the highest level from Taiwan to visit Washington DC during his trip.”
They conclude: “Such a reciprocal visit would illustrate the close friendship between both our countries; a relationship that currently is the closest and best ever.“
Secretary Azar’s trip is the highest-level visit by an American Cabinet official since the break in formal diplomatic relations between Washington and Taipei in 1979 and will include a meeting with Taiwan’s president – Dr. Tsai Ing-wen.
FAPA President Minze Chien adds: “It is gratifying to see that the outlandish restrictions on high-level visits to and from Taiwan that the Taiwan Travel Act seeks to lift are gradually coming to an end. Secretary Azar inviting the highest level Taiwan officials to Washington DC will be another essential and logical next step to further lift the US self-imposed restrictions.”
台美人團體聯合敦促川普總統指示阿薩爾部長當面邀請台灣高層拜訪華府
在8月6日，台灣人公共事務會、北美洲台灣人醫師協會、與北美洲台灣人教授協會三個台美人團體，為衛生及公共服務部部長阿薩爾未來的台灣之行聯名致信川普總統。
他們寫道：「我們在此殷切希望，在上述所提到的訪行中，您能指示阿薩爾部長當面邀請台灣高層拜訪華府。」
他們並總結：「像這樣的互訪能彰顯美台兩國之間的緊密友情正處於有史以來最好的狀況。」
阿薩爾部長是自1979年美台斷交以來最高層級的訪台美國內閣官員，在此行中，他也將與台灣總統蔡英文會面。
台灣人公共事務會會長簡明子表示：「我們很高興看到對台灣高層互訪的荒謬限制逐漸走向終結，這也是《台灣旅行法》的訴求。若阿薩爾部長能邀請台灣高層代表至華府訪問，將是美國解除與台灣高層互訪自我限制的關鍵下一步。」
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