Taiwan calls for democratic solidarity

The minister made these statements in an article titled Defending Taiwan by Defending Ukraine: The Interconnected Fates of the World’s Democracies, published on the website of the prestigious American magazine Foreign Affairs. .

In light of Chinese military support for Russia and the “boundless partnership” of both regimes, democratic cooperation is increasingly important, Wu said, adding that economic, humanitarian and military support for Ukraine must be maintained, as the Geostrategic interests of democracies are closely linked. Taiwan has therefore welcomed the recent US Congressional resolution on military aid to Ukraine.

According to the minister, Taiwan is equally vital to the international order. The security of the nation is not only an economic issue, but also a geostrategic one, since peace in the Taiwan Strait is essential to maintain US coalition systems, regional balance and the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, which Wu described as the three pillars of long-term stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific.

Taiwan has made considerable progress in improving its self-defense capabilities, Wu said. He then added that as a responsible member of the international community, Taiwan will firmly do its part to preserve the cross-Strait status quo and regional peace.

Wu also urged the international community to redouble its efforts to preserve the status quo in three areas, namely countering China’s coercion in the gray zone, integrating Taiwan into international economic mechanisms such as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement of Partnership Trans-Pacific, and oppose China’s distortion of United Nations Resolution 2758 while executing freedom of navigation operations in the Taiwan Strait, Wu added.