European delegation in Taiwan for visit: ministry

Parliamentary staffers from 12 European countries are visiting Taiwan to exchange views on democratic governance, resilience and digital government as part of a Taiwan-organized exchange program, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.The delegation is the second group to visit Taiwan this year under the European Valued Important Partnership (EVIP) program, jointly organized by the ministry and the Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund.The visitors, from Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the UK, are in Taiwan from Wednesday through Friday next week, the ministry said. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois Wu, front right, interacts with visiting parliamentary staff from European