‘VIVA TAIWAN’: Legislative Speaker Su Jia-chyuan and Central American Parliament President Tony Raful touted the two sides’ commitment to democracy and peace
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 13, 2018
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
The Legislative Yuan yesterday became a permanent observer of the
Legislative Speaker Su Jia-chyuan, right, and Central American Parliament president Tony Raful shake hands during a signing ceremony at the legislature in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
Central American Parliament, also known as the PARLACEN, with the signing of a special agreement between the two lawmaking bodies, which vowed to deepen ties between Taiwan and Central American nations and to bolster collaborations on trade, economic development, and promoting human rights and democratic values.
At the signing ceremony at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, PARLACEN President Tony Raful conferred a medal on Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Chang Hung-lu (張宏陸), welcoming Chang as the Legislative Yuan’s representative to PARLACEN.
Raul and Legislative Speaker Su Jia-chyuan (蘇嘉全) signed and exchanged the special agreements before each made a speech.
It is an honor for PARLACEN that the Legislative Yuan has become one of its permanent observers, which means that it can now take part in projects initiated by PARLACEN’s member states and that the bond between Central American nations and Taiwan has become even stronger, Raful said. [FULL STORY]
