The support extended by the EU and Canada for peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is sincerely appreciated by the government and people of Taiwan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said June 24.
The MOFA’s response came following the Joint Statement of the EU-Canada Summit held June 23 in Brussels that involved European Council President António Costa, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
According to the statement, as security in the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions is increasingly interconnected, the two sides reaffirmed their shared interest in maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific, including in the East and South China Seas and across the Taiwan Strait.
The EU and Canada also said they will continue working with regional partners to uphold a free, open and secure Indo-Pacific region based on international law.
The MOFA said the latest statement follows the ones released after the Group of Seven Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in March and the G7 Summit earlier this month, reflecting that maintaining cross-strait peace and stability is now a global consensus.
As a responsible member of the international community, Taiwan is committed to working with like-minded partners to defend the rules-based international order and ensure peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific, the ministry added. (SFC-E)
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