G7 foreign ministers’ communiqué expresses importance of peace and stability in Taiwan Strait.
The G7 foreign ministers issued a communiqué after their meeting in London on the 5th, expressing their support for Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the World Health Organization (WHO) forum and the World Health Assembly (WHA), and the importance they attach to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan Presidential Office spokesperson Tun-Han Chang responded on the 6th that this was the first time that Taiwan was included in the communiqué of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting, showing the international community’s affirmation of Taiwan’s anti-epidemic achievements and its high concern for regional peace and stability.
The G7 foreign ministers’ meeting issued a communiqué supporting Taiwan’s meaningful participation in World Health Organization (WHO)-related mechanisms and the World Health Assembly (WHA). In addition, under the theme of the East and South China Seas, the communiqué mentioned serious concerns about the situation around the two regions, emphasized the importance of cross-strait peace and stability, and encouraged the peaceful resolution of cross-strait issues. It also reiterated its strong opposition to any one-sided actions that could exacerbate tensions and undermine regional stability and the international order based on norms.
Taiwan Presidential Office Spokesperson Tun-Han Chang (Screenshot from the Presidential Office Facebook page)
Taiwan Presidential Office spokesperson Tun-Han Chang responded to the G7 communiqué with a statement on the 6th, saying, “This is the first time that Taiwan is included in the communiqué of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, which not only shows once again that Taiwan’s success in preventing epidemics through a democratic system and the unity of its people has been highly recognized by the international community; but also reaffirms that peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait has been elevated from the realm of cross-strait relations to the Indo-Pacific region, and has even become It also reaffirms that peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait has been elevated from the realm of cross-strait relations to the Indo-Pacific region and has even become the focus of global attention.”
The government is pleased to see that the G7 foreign ministers jointly support Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the World Health Organization, and is highly concerned about the regional security situation.
Ou Jiang’an: Chinese military aircraft and ships disturbing Taiwan have been concerned by the international community
Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Ou Jiang’an specifically mentioned at a regular press conference on the 6th that “before the World Health Assembly is about to be held this month, the G7 foreign ministers’ unanimous support for Taiwan’s participation is extraordinarily significant.” For the G7 communiqué mentioned “peace in the Taiwan Strait” related issues, Ou Jiang’an said, this is also following the joint statement of the United States and Japanese leaders on the 16th of last month to emphasize the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, once again by the G7 foreign ministers collectively expressed the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and expressed serious concern about the related coercive and intimidating actions.
Ou Jiang’an: “The conclusion of the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting shows that the disturbance of Taiwan by Chinese military aircraft and warships in recent years and various Chinese political and military coercive acts against Taiwan have been a common concern of the international community of like-minded countries.”
Taiwan Foreign Ministry spokesman Ou Jiang’an (RFA file photo)
G7 concerned about Taiwan Strait security Zhang Guocheng: “Things are changing”
The cover of the British magazine The Economist called Taiwan “the most dangerous place on earth” only last week. Philip Davidson, the recently departed commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, has assessed that “Taiwan is one of the Chinese Communist Party’s ambitious attempts to face a significant threat within six years.” Add to that the first mention of Taiwan at the G7 foreign ministers meeting.
“These are big countries and for the first time they are so concerned about Taiwan surely, there’s an old saying ‘things are changing.’ That is, the military threat from China is now, I’m afraid, at an unprecedented level.” Chang Kuo-Cheng, a professor at the Center for Liberal Studies at Taipei Medical University, interpreted it this way to this station.
Zhang Guocheng mentioned that Yang Jiechi, director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, could speak to Secretary of State Blinken with that kind of attitude during the high-level talks between the U.S. and China, at least for the first time since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and China, which is very rare and represents a fundamental change in China’s perception of the current power contrast. Zhang Guocheng believes that the G7 powers have made the same judgment and that words should come first, otherwise China may take military action because of their judgment.
Zhang Guocheng: “War is absolutely against the principles of international law, principles, and also against universal values, they will definitely not want a war. However, once the war occurs, what kind of behavior will be taken, I believe that the G7 countries, those few countries in Europe and the United States, Japan, the attitude adopted will certainly not be exactly the same, think what will be taken as more important.”
Zhang Guocheng pointed out that Beijing is no stranger to calls for the promotion of democracy and freedom and the peaceful resolution of international disputes. For communist countries like China, they are often “heard but not heard”, so concrete actions are needed to let Beijing understand the determination of Western countries.
The G7 foreign ministers’ communiqué mentioned Taiwan for the first time, supporting Taiwan’s membership in the WHO.(AP Photo)
Ding Shufan: Tsai Ing-wen is not a double maker of the Chinese Communist Party to change the status quo
Professor Emeritus Ding Shufan of the Center for National Relations at National Chengchi University analyzed the Biden administration’s active promotion to allow participating European countries to understand the seriousness of the Taiwan Strait issue. Biden’s approach is relatively moderate and perhaps acceptable to European countries. Ding Shufan said, indeed they will think that Taiwan is quite a tense place, which is a reflection of the current situation; as for the later mentioned “peaceful resolution of cross-strait issues”, the blue and green are afraid that there are different interpretations.
Ding Shufan: “Indeed they think it is quite a tense place, I think it is a reflection of the situation. At least with my understanding of Washington, Washington does not think Tsai Ing-wen is a ‘double maker’. So the phrase “peaceful solution” is a bit about the Chinese Communist Party, and to be frank, it is now the Chinese Communist Party that is changing the status quo. Biden in the G7 push on Taiwan issues unity, so far is still successful.”
Ding Shufan explained that the so-called status quo is the “separation of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait”, is not two “countries” do not talk about, at least the Taiwan Strait is “separation of the two sides”. The company’s newest product is a new product that will be available in the marketplace. “I think Xi Jinping and his team are also assessing the whole situation, although shouting the so-called ‘east rise and west fall’, many mainland Chinese scholars realize that Biden’s approach will put more pressure on the Chinese Communist Party. Now look at the Chinese Communist Party also did not raise the pressure, the tension around.”
For the G7 foreign ministers meeting also support Taiwan’s participation in the WHO-related mechanisms, Zhang Guocheng interpreted that Beijing itself “misses the way to help. He also reminded the government of the Republic of China, to apply for observer or to become a full member, to use what name, title, identity to join the “WHO”, to use “Chinese Taipei (Chinese Taipei) or other names, it is not possible for others to help Taiwan to think, but Taiwan has to make a clear statement.
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