President Tsai Ing-wen said Sept. 11 that Taiwan is committed to working with the U.S. and other like-minded partners in promoting freedom, democracy and human rights across the Indo-Pacific.
 
Tactics used to spread disinformation and misinformation are continuing to evolve and impact regional development, Tsai said. It is now more important than ever for democratic countries to come together and face such a challenge, she added.
 
According to Tsai, a shining example of this cooperation is the second edition of the International Workshop on Defending Democracy through Media Literacy staged under Taiwan-U.S. Global Cooperation and Training Framework. The event offers an opportunity for policymakers around the world to exchange best practices and ideas on how to combat false information, she said.
 
Tsai made the remarks while receiving Scott Busby, deputy assistant secretary of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor under the U.S. Department of State, at the Presidential Office in Taipei City.
 
Busby is in Taiwan Sept. 9-13 at the head of a delegation for the workshop and inaugural Indo-Pacific Democratic Governance Consultations.
 
Tsai said an increasing number of countries are joining Taiwan and the U.S. in defending shared values, citing workshop co-hosts Japan and Sweden—the first European nation to participate in a GCTF activity.
 
Equally effective are the consultations, Tsai said. They serve as an effective platform for regular exchanges to coordinate policies, formulate cooperative programs and share experiences so as to foster good governance and allow Taiwan to make a greater contribution to the region, she added. (SFC-E)
 
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