Peace in Strait a consensus, MOFA says‘DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE’: The vigilance of the US and EU amid increased threats from authoritarian regimes shows that democracies are resolved to uphold order, MOFA saidBy Yang Cheng-yu and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNAMaintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is the consensus of democracies, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said yesterday, after a meeting of US and EU officials on the Indo-Pacific region. The US, the EU and other like-minded countries have over the past few months made many public statements about upholding peace and stability in the Strait, showing that cross-strait peace is a consensus among democracies, the ministry said. In this file handout image courtesy of the US Navy taken on August 27, 2021 the AI Arleigh-burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) transits the Taiwan Strait during a routine transit. As a member of the “democratic alliance” responsible for the Indo-Pacific region, Taiwan would continue to work with like-minded countries to uphold peace and stability in the Strait and the Indo-Pacific region, it added. In the US-EU statement, the two sides reiterated their concerns about human rights in China, particularly in Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Hong Kong.

Source: Taipei Times December 04, 2022 04:08 UTC