Iryna Handzyuk, head of the board of the All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum public organization, visited Taiwan as part of the Ukrainian parliamentary delegation. During the meetings, joint projects for the development of education and innovation in Ukraine were discussed, in particular the successful charitable project “Leave no one behind partnership”, thanks to which about 65 thousand Ukrainian schoolchildren got access to modern Taiwanese equipment.
An inter-factional group of Ukrainian parliamentarians, headed by Mykola Kniazhytskyi, made the first official visit to Taiwan in two decades. The delegation also includes People’s Deputies of Ukraine Inna Sovsun, Svyatoslav Yurash, Ivan Krulko, Valery Lunchenko, Andriy Lopushanskyi, Viktor Bondar.
With a working visit, representatives of Ukraine visited the Taiwanese capital of Taipei, the city of Taichung, and took part in the forum on security issues “Katagalan Forum: 2025 Info-Pacific Security Dialogue”. During meetings with the president of Taiwan, diplomats, and government officials, the future economic cooperation of both countries and the strengthening of the democratic alliance in the world were discussed.
During the meeting with the guests, the President of Taiwan Lai Tsinde noted that this visit will be the beginning of new relations between the two states. Official website The Office of the President of Taiwan quotes his greeting: “Your truly meaningful visit symbolizes the deepening of friendship between Taiwan and Ukraine and underscores our common commitment to the pursuit of freedom and peace.”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan, Lin Chia-Lung, emphasized that his country actively cooperates with European countries, helping Ukraine in the reconstruction and implementation of programs. Taiwan is interested in future cooperation in the fields of talent development, trade, technology.
The Ukrainian delegation visited technological parks, companies working in the field of innovation, modern medical and rehabilitation facilities.
With the support of Taiwan and the assistance of Mykola Kniazhytskyi, the public organization “All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum” has already implemented a large-scale innovative education and computerization project “Leave no one behind partnership” in Ukraine this year. 96 Ukrainian schools received new computer equipment and robotics. At the same time, 33 informatics teachers upgraded their qualifications, and high school students from 72 schools studied entrepreneurship. About 65,000 students have already benefited from the project, and they will be able to work in classrooms with modern equipment from the new school year.
“We are grateful to our Taiwanese partners for making technology accessible to our youth, understanding the need and attracting resources to help Ukraine. Accordingly, we are ready to expand cooperation, offer new ideas for socially important projects, seek to attract and modernize more educational institutions, train children and teachers, and change communities. We talked about the results and joint plans during meaningful meetings with our friends in Taiwan,” concluded Iryna Handzyuk.
