Recent actions and statements backing Taiwan by Lithuania, the Netherlands, the U.K. and the U.S. are sincerely appreciated by the government and people, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Dutch House of Representatives passed a resolution Sept. 12 recognizing that U.N. Resolution 2758 neither grants the People’s Republic of China sovereignty over Taiwan nor negates Taiwan’s right to participate in the U.N. and other international organizations, the MOFA said, adding that the move is particularly significant in light of the ongoing 79th session of the U.N. General Assembly.
The Netherlands has become the first European country and second in the world to pass similar decrees following the Australian Senate’s Aug. 22 passage of a motion supporting Taiwan’s sovereignty and participation in global bodies, the ministry said.
The resolution was preceded by the Dutch House’s passage of a motion promoting Taiwan’s international involvement in April and another in May urging its government to join the European Union and other like-minded partners in voicing disapproval of China’s military exercises around Taiwan, the MOFA added.
Equally welcomed is the joint statement released Sept. 14 following the first U.K.-U.S. Strategic Dialogue that took place Sept. 10 in London, the ministry said. The two sides reiterated the indispensability of Taiwan Strait stability to the security and prosperity of the international community and called for the peaceful resolution of cross-strait issues.
The MOFA also expressed appreciation for a joint statement issued after the Lithuania-U.S. Strategic Dialogue Sept. 12 in Vilnius, in which the two countries encouraged the establishment of a robust economic partnership between Taiwan and Lithuania and backed Taiwan’s meaningful participation in international organizations.
Taiwan will continue to work with like-minded countries to defend the rules-based international order and preserve democracy, peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific. (POC-E)
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