The April 23 remarks by a U.S. representative at a U.N. Security Council meeting calling out China’s distortion of UNGA Res. 2758 is sincerely appreciated by the government and people of Taiwan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said April 24.
According to the MOFA, the remarks came from U.S. Deputy Political Counselor Ting Wu during the U.N. Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting on the Impact of Unilateralism and Bullying Practices on International Relations.
Wu said China misuses the resolution in its attempts to isolate Taiwan, mischaracterize other countries’ policies and constrain their choices. “This resolution does not preclude Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the U.N. system and other multilateral fora,” she added.
The MOFA said this is the first time that Washington has expressed its stance on the resolution at a U.N. Security Council meeting and follows remarks by a U.S. representative at the World Health Organization’s Executive Board meeting in February that rebutted the resolution’s distortion and backed Taiwan’s participation at the World Health Assembly, the WHO’s decision-making body.
Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung thanked the Trump administration for its unwavering support for Taiwan’s global participation and condemned China’s persistent attempts to suppress Taiwan. Only the democratically elected government can represent Taiwan’s 23 million people in the U.N. system and other global bodies, he added.
The ministry also issued a statement earlier the same day thanking British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon for supporting Taiwan.
In a joint statement released after their meeting April 22 in London, the two leaders agreed that maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is indispensable to international security and prosperity. They reiterated concern at China’s recent military exercises around Taiwan and called for the peaceful resolution of cross-strait issues.
The release underscores that cross-strait developments are closely connected to global security, the MOFA said, adding that Taiwan will continue to work with its like-minded partners to ensure an open and free Indo-Pacific and safeguard the rules-based international order. (SFC-E)
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