Ministry of Forein Affairs |
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June 10, 2026 No. 260 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) extends a warm welcome to David Bisbee, Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the World Trade Organization, who is visiting Taiwan from June 10 to 14. Deputy Permanent Representative Bisbee is a senior official at the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). He has extensive experience in international trade and economics, having previously served as a delegate at the USTR’s Geneva office, a deput...
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June 8, 2026 No. 254 Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung strongly affirms and warmly welcomes the joint statement released by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on June 6, in which they devoted a separate paragraph to underscore the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, oppose any unilateral action to change the status quo through coercion or the use of force, and encourage cross-strait dialogue. The state...
Ministry of Forein Affairs |
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June 5, 2026 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) once again reiterates that future negotiations on the demarcation of maritime boundaries between Japan and the Philippines and any associated outcomes would have no effect on the sovereign rights enjoyed by Taiwan in accordance with international law and the law of the sea, and would not impact the implementation of fishing agreements between Taiwan and Japan or Taiwan and the Philippines. This has been publicly confirmed by the relevant co...
Ministry of Forein Affairs |
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June 2, 2026 No. 248 International support for Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Organization (WHO) has remained strong despite the WHO decision—in contravention of its principle of leaving no one behind—to yield to pressure from China and exclude the 23 million people of Taiwan from the 79th World Health Assembly (WHA), which concluded on May 23. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and its overseas missions made concerted efforts to maintain global backing. For this year’s WHA,...
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June 1, 2026 No. 246 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) sincerely welcomes and highly commends comments made by Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro while he attended the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 30.Secretary Teodoro said that in the face of China’s continued expansion of military influence and coercive actions in the region, and in addition to his country’s current efforts to strengthen security relations with the United States, the Philippines...
Ministry of Forein Affairs |
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May 31, 2026 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) strongly refutes assertions made on May 29 by the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning negotiations between Japan and the Philippines on maritime boundaries between the two countries. The spokesperson said that these negotiations would cover maritime territory of Taiwan and claimed that China enjoyed sovereign rights over such territory in accordance with its domestic laws. MOFA reiterates that China has no righ...
Ketagalan Media |
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Taiwan’s future relevance in Latin America may ultimately depend not only on diplomatic recognition, but also on whether countries across the region begin valuing stable institutional cooperation... The post Cuba’s Blackouts and the New Geopolitics of Fragility in Latin America appeared first on Ketagalan Media.
Ministry of Forein Affairs |
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May 30, 2026Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung welcomes the transit of HMCS Charlottetown, a Halifax-class frigate of the Royal Canadian Navy, through the Taiwan Strait from May 22 to 23 and commends Canada for taking concrete action to uphold freedom, peace, and openness in the Indo-Pacific region and demonstrate its firm stance that the Taiwan Strait is indeed international waters. The passage of HMCS Charlottetown marked the first time a Canadian warship had transited the Taiwan Str...
Ministry of Forein Affairs |
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May 29, 2026 Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung commends and welcomes the joint statement issued following a summit meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. in Tokyo on the evening of May 28.The statement emphasized the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and encouraged a peaceful resolution of cross-strait issues through dialogue. It marked the first time that the leaders of Japan and the Phi...
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May 21, 2026 Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung warmly welcomes a recommendation adopted by the European Parliament on May 20 that reiterates support for Taiwan’s meaningful participation in international organizations, expresses concern over the situation in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, and opposes any unilateral change to the status quo by coercion or force. The text is a recommendation on the European Union’s position on the 81st session of the United Nations General...
Ministry of Forein Affairs |
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May 21, 2026 No.223 Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung expresses sincere gratitude to the representative offices of nine like-minded countries in Taiwan for issuing on May 21 a joint press release reiterating support for Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Organization (WHO) and participation as an observer in the World Health Assembly (WHA). The press release—published by the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, New Zealand, Lithuania, and Poland—marks t...