Taiwanese president praises relations with Czech Republic at Forum 2000

President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen praised Czech-Taiwanese relations in her speech at the opening of the Forum 2000 international conference held annually in Prague, saying that the two countries shared the same values and cooperation may boost the prosperity of both. She also expressed appreciation for Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil's visit to Taiwan in early September, which, she said showed the Taiwanese people that they will never be left abandoned. Forum 2000 is held between Monday and Wednesday. This year, it is held online due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Forum 2000 human rights conference was founded by the late Czech president Vaclav Havel, Jewish writer Elie Wiesel and Japanese philanthropist Yohei Sasakawa in 1997 in order to provide space for personalities active in various disciplines to analyse the challenges of the new millennium.