TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Eric Chu (朱立倫), the chairperson of Taiwan’s main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT), will head to the U.S. at the end of May.

Details of the trip were revealed by the party’s Director of International Affairs Alexander Chieh-cheng Huang (黃介正) while he was being interviewed for the podcast “Mind Shaker” (”留聲雪克杯”) on Friday morning (April 8), per a CNA report.

Huang said Chu will visit several cities in the U.S. and stay for over a week. His itinerary will include Washington, D.C., New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

Huang said Chu will meet with politicians, academics and other experts. He will meet Republican Party members, keeping in mind the U.S. will soon hold midterm elections.

Chu will also unveil a plaque for the new KMT office in Washington, D.C.

The office is being set up by the deputy director of the KMT’s new International Affairs Department, Eric Huang (黃裕鈞). It is a pillar of the party’s new internationalization strategy and an attempt to counter the narrative of Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).