次期政権も日本と連携強化　頼副総統、自民青年局と会談―台湾

　【台北時事】５月２０日に台湾総統に就任する頼清徳副総統は３０日、訪台中の自民党青年局議員団と総統府で会談した。総統府によると、頼氏が対日関係について「各方面での協力強化を期待している」と述べたのに対し、訪問団を率いる自民党青年局長の鈴木貴子衆院議員は「日台関係は今後、必ずさらに強固になるだろう」と応じた。
　頼氏は会談で、台湾東部・花蓮沖地震を受けた日本各界からの支援に謝意を表明。日台の協力拡大により「両国民の感情的つながりを深め、地域の経済発展と平和を促進したい」と述べた。鈴木氏は「日台が地域に希望と平和、安定をもたらすことを望んでいる」と語った。（2024/04/30-18:19）

Taiwanese President-elect Lai Ching-te has expressed hopes for stepped-up cooperation between the self-ruled island and Japan.
   At a meeting with a group of lawmakers from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Taipei on Tuesday, Lai, now vice president of Taiwan, said he hopes that Taiwan and Japan will work more closely together in various fields, according to the Taiwanese presidential office.
   Takako Suzuki, a member of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japan's parliament, who heads the delegation comprising members of the LDP's Youth Division, said, "Japan-Taiwan ties will surely become stronger going forward."
   The incoming president, set to take office on May 20, expressed gratitude for the support Taiwan received from various sectors of Japan following a major earthquake that struck the island in early April. He conveyed hopes for, through expanded cooperation, deepening the emotional bond between people of Taiwan and Japan and promoting economic development and peace in the region.
   "We hope that Japan and Taiwan will bring hope, peace and stability to the region," Suzuki, chief of the Youth Division, said.