A delegation comprising senior officials showcased Taiwan’s diplomatic, national defense and whole-of-society defense resilience at the Berlin Security Conference held Nov. 3-4 in the German capital, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Nov. 7.
During his recorded speech aired Nov. 4 at the event, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said the security and prosperity of Taiwan and Europe are increasingly interconnected.
Given Taiwan’s pivotal role in the global semiconductor, artificial intelligence, information and communications technology, and advanced manufacturing sectors, Taiwan and Europe are primed to expand cooperation in these areas and other strategic domains, the minister said.
Taiwan has accumulated extensive experience in enhancing whole-of-society defense resilience given its long-term exposure to gray-zone attacks, external information manipulation and other hybrid threats, Lin said, adding that the government is committed to sharing these insights with its European partners to safeguard the free, open and rules-based international order.
The MOFA said Deputy Foreign Minister François Chih-chung Wu, National Security Council Deputy Secretary-General Lin Fei-fan and Lieutenant General Hsieh Jih-sheng, deputy chief of the General Staff for Intelligence of the Ministry of National Defense, also attended the event in person.
The trio discussed Taiwan’s policy approaches and practices in confronting complex security threats and safeguarding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait from the perspectives of diplomacy, whole-of-society defense resilience and national defense.
Another highlight of the country’s BSC participation was the Taiwan Pavilion, which featured the latest products and technologies of four domestic drone firms at the BSC defense industry exhibition, the MOFA said.
The national booth attracted considerable attention from government agencies, enterprises, research institutions and media outlets and provided a great opportunity for the European security and defense community to better understand Taiwan’s contributions to the drone industry and secure and trusted supply chains, the ministry added. (SFC-E)
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During his recorded speech aired Nov. 4 at the event, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said the security and prosperity of Taiwan and Europe are increasingly interconnected.
Given Taiwan’s pivotal role in the global semiconductor, artificial intelligence, information and communications technology, and advanced manufacturing sectors, Taiwan and Europe are primed to expand cooperation in these areas and other strategic domains, the minister said.
Taiwan has accumulated extensive experience in enhancing whole-of-society defense resilience given its long-term exposure to gray-zone attacks, external information manipulation and other hybrid threats, Lin said, adding that the government is committed to sharing these insights with its European partners to safeguard the free, open and rules-based international order.
The MOFA said Deputy Foreign Minister François Chih-chung Wu, National Security Council Deputy Secretary-General Lin Fei-fan and Lieutenant General Hsieh Jih-sheng, deputy chief of the General Staff for Intelligence of the Ministry of National Defense, also attended the event in person.
The trio discussed Taiwan’s policy approaches and practices in confronting complex security threats and safeguarding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait from the perspectives of diplomacy, whole-of-society defense resilience and national defense.
Another highlight of the country’s BSC participation was the Taiwan Pavilion, which featured the latest products and technologies of four domestic drone firms at the BSC defense industry exhibition, the MOFA said.
The national booth attracted considerable attention from government agencies, enterprises, research institutions and media outlets and provided a great opportunity for the European security and defense community to better understand Taiwan’s contributions to the drone industry and secure and trusted supply chains, the ministry added. (SFC-E)
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