A roundtable seminar on Taiwan’s bid to participate in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership was staged Jan. 31 in Kuala Lumpur, spotlighting government support from its Southeast Asian like-minded partner, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs offered congratulations to Li Meng-lian, who was selected for this year’s Young Professional Programme organized by the World Trade Organization, Feb. 3 in Taipei City.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters MP and Minister of Defence Judith Collins KC MP of New Zealand visited Australia from January 31 to February 1. Together with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles MP and Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Penny Wong of Australia, they held the inaugural session of the Australia-New Zealand Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations (ANZMIN). The joint statement issued following the meeting reiterat

Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaushieh Joseph Wu said that Taiwan decides its leader and the future direction of the country through fair and open national elections every four years. This is the true meaning of democracy, but authoritarian China cannot accept it.

The Executive Yuan’s Department of Gender Equality (DGE) on Monday published the 2024 Gender at a Glance in R.O.C. (Taiwan) report. In 2023, the nation ranked sixth globally and first in Asia in Taiwan’s first ever inclusion in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Social Institutions and Gender Index.

Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu attended a reception hosted by the India Taipei Association to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Republic Day Jan. 22 in Taipei City, reaffirming the government’s commitment to deepening ties with the New Southbound Policy partner country.

Taiwan smoothly completed democratic elections on January 13 and received heartfelt congratulations from more than 100 countries worldwide. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has noted that since Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. congratulated Taiwan, China has been strongly pressuring the Philippines and making crude and insulting comments.

Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu said Taiwan is committed to enhancing cooperation with its Pacific allies and like-minded partners to counteract authoritarian expansion in the Indo-Pacific and around the world.

Premier Chen Chien-jen said that Taiwan is eager to work with regional neighbors to treat drug addiction and improve social security around the world Jan. 19 in Taipei City.

Engagement with nongovernmental organizations will remain an integral part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ diplomatic work to raise Taiwan’s international profile in 2024, the ministry said Jan. 18.