PRAGUE – The speaker of the Czech Republic's Senate announced Tuesday he will visit Taiwan despite warnings from China and a recommendation from his own government that he not take the trip.Milos Vystrcil said he would be accompanied by a business delegation on his visit, which is tentatively scheduled to begin Aug.
30.Vystrcil said he was also planning to meet Taiwan’s leaders, but didn’t immediately give details.Vystrcil’s predecessor in the post, Jaroslav Kubera, was planning to travel to Taiwan before he died in January.
His plans angered pro-China Czech President Milos Zeman. A letter to Kubera from the Chinese Embassy in Prague warned him against going on the trip, saying the visit would have negatives consequences for future economic.