LP ends Taiwan and DPP visit

(July 18, 2004/ Taipei, Taiwan) The Liberal Party of Philippines delegation finished today its three day visit to Taiwan, in particular, with the officials of the Democratic Progressive Party.  Rep. Hermilando Mandanas, the mission’s head, claimed the unofficial visit toTaiwan as a success.

The five LP Representatives, Herminaldo Mandanas, Danilo Suarez, Lorenzo Tanada III, Reynaldo Uy and Matias Defensor, were welcomed by the Democratic Progressive Party and met several seniors government official within the three-day mission.

Mr. Chang Chun-hsiung, Secretary General, DPP; Mr. Steve Chen, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs; Mr. Lai Chin-lin, Vice Minister, Council of Labor Affairs; Ms. Chang Fu-mei, Minister, Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission; Mr. Mark Chen, Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Tseng Shen-pao, Deputy Commissioner, Taipei County Government; Mr. Su Tseng-chang, Secretary General, Presidential Office; Mr. Chiu I-jen, Secretary General, National Security Council, and Mr. Tai Chen-yao, Vice Minister, Council of Agriculture all took the opportunity to meet the delegation.

The LP Representatives and the DPP officers exchanged political ideas and shared various experiences during the meetings. More cooperation and concrete achievements are expected in the near future between the Philippines and Taiwan through the efforts of the two liberal political parties in these countries—both incidentally, being founding members of the Council of Asian Liberals & Democrats (CALD).

Through the meetings, the LP Representatives proposed  long-run and tight relationship between both parties.  Some practical actions were proposed. The parties agreed that economics and trades were particularly important in terms of bilateral relationship, and therefore, the effective economic policy was the key in attracting more Taiwanese business investments. The representatives of the two parties promised to further promote friendly relations between the two neighboring countries.

Bridging and strengthening the relationships between the liberal and democratic parties in Asia is a major objective CALD. The success of this mission is another milestone in bridging bridges amongst liberals from the region.

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