MOFA thanks St. Vincent and the Grenadines for release supporting Taiwan

2023/04/24

The press release issued April 13 by St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade calling for cross-strait peace is sincerely appreciated by the government and people, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
 
Released following China’s recent military exercises in airspace and waters near Taiwan, the document expressed the Caribbean ally’s distress at maneuvers threatening Taiwan and undermining peace and security in Asia and around the world.
 
According to the release, coercive measures, threats and bullying have no place in modern relations between nation-states or territories. Such imperial or hegemonic behavior is abhorrent and contrary to the precepts of the U.N. charter, it said, urging mature diplomacy and constructive engagement as the pathways for peace and prosperity in the Taiwan Strait and beyond.
 
The MOFA said the statement reaffirmed the rock-solid ties between the two countries. It followed the visit of SVG Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves to Taiwan last August, which occurred shortly after Beijing launched large-scale live-fire drills in response to U.S. House of Representatives then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to the country, the ministry added.
 
Since Taiwan and SVG established official ties in 1981, bilateral collaboration has spanned such fields as agriculture, education, infrastructure, information and communications technology, public health, medical care and women’s empowerment, the MOFA said, adding that the government will continue to work with allies and like-minded partners to maintain the cross-strait and regional status quo. 


Fuente: Noticias de Taiwan (https://noticias.nat.gov.tw/)