Lai made the remarks while hosting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2025 Spring reception for the foreign diplomatic corps in Taiwan, March 13 in Taipei City. Prominent attendees included Andrea Clare Bowman, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ambassador to the Republic of China (Taiwan).
The president expressed his gratitude to allies and like-minded partners for continuing to support Taiwan in various international contexts, as evidenced by the Feb. 7 United States-Japan Joint Leaders Statement and the Feb. 15 Joint Statement on the Trilateral United States – Japan – Republic of Korea Meeting in Munich.
In his remarks, Lai said global conditions changed rapidly last year due to geopolitical fluctuations, restructured supply chains and technological advancement.
The president said that his June 2024 announcement of the National Climate Change Response Committee, the National Whole-of-Society Resilience Committee and the Healthy Taiwan Promotion Committee were strategic responses for national development and deepened cooperation with the international community.
Lai went on to say that last November and December he visited the Pacific allies, Palau, the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu to deepen relations, adding that Taiwan has been working together with the allied nations to respond to climate change, digital and net-zero transition. A global cooperation training framework workshop was held March 4 this year in Taipei City, which brought together academics and experts from 30 countries, with discussions centered on building societal resilience.
Faced with authoritarian expansion, Taiwan continues to reinforce national defense while collaborating with democracies to deter autocratic regimes, forge non-red supply chains and enhance mutual economic resilience, Lai concluded. (POC-E)
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