MOFA thanks UK House of Commons for report supporting cross-strait peace

2023/10/27

A report adopted by the UK House of Commons’ Defense Committee backing cross-strait and Indo-Pacific peace and stability is sincerely appreciated by the government and people of Taiwan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Oct. 25.
 
Released Oct. 24, the U.K. Defense and the Indo-Pacific report examined the Indo-Pacific Tilt policy implemented by its government since 2021 and expressed support for the administration in assessing China as “an epoch-defining and systemic challenge.”
 
The report said possible conflict between Taiwan and China in the coming years is the most pressing and urgent concern for western governments in the region. It quoted Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu’s remarks in April that Taiwan is preparing for possible confrontation with China in 2027.
 
The document also raised concern over a de-facto economic blockade, or a grey-zone and hybrid attack, adding that such moves would have a global impact since 48 percent of the world’s 5,400 operational container ships passed through the Taiwan Strait in the first half of 2022 and 92 percent of the world’s advanced semiconductor chips were produced by Taiwan.
 
It also urged the Ministry of Defense to pursue closer cooperation with partners, including the U.S., France, and regional allies, to prepare for a range of actions by China against Taiwan.
 
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the report followed the Integrated Review Refresh 2023 with similar sentiments unveiled by the British government in March, and the Tilting Horizons: the Integrated Review and the Indo-Pacific report released by the lower house’s Foreign Affairs Committee in August. Taiwan will continue working with the U.K. and other like-minded partners to safeguard democratic resilience, economic security and the rules-based international order, it added.


Source: Noticias de Taiwan (https://taiwantoday.tw/index.php)