Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles hosted UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs David Cameron and Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps for the Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN) on March 22.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has noted that during an interview with Australia’s ABC News on March 21, UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron stated that the United Kingdom was highly concerned about the Taiwan Strait situation and opposed any unilateral changes to the status quo across the Taiwan Strait. Secretary Cameron also said that if China were to conduct a blockade in the Taiwan Strait, it would have a greater and more calamitous effect on Taiwan and the global economy than that of

According to the official vote tally of the February 14 presidential election announced by the Indonesian General Elections Commission on March 20, Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto was elected president of Indonesia and Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka of Surakarta, Central Java Province, was elected vice president.

New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters held bilateral talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the New Zealand capital of Wellington on March 18. The New Zealand government issued a statement afterward which mentioned that it had raised concerns with China over increased tensions in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait during the meeting. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) appreciates and welcomes this statement.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong and Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi held the seventh Australia-China Foreign and Strategic Dialogue in the Australian capital of Canberra on March 20. At the press conference that followed, Minister Wong stated that, during the meeting, Australia had expressed serious concern over China’s unsafe conduct at sea and stressed Australia’s desire for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and in the region. The Ministry of Foreign A

A forum titled “Fostering Women and Girls’ Financial Resilience” was held March 13 at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, spotlighting Taiwan’s efforts to achieve gender parity, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

At the invitation of the India Taipei Association, Deputy Foreign Minister Tien Chung-kwang virtually attended the groundbreaking ceremony for three Indian semiconductor plants March 13 from Taipei City.

The White House on March 11 issued the US president’s fiscal year 2025 budget request, which included an historic investment in Taiwan through foreign military financing (FMF) and other channels with the aim to further bolster Taiwan’s deterrence capabilities and maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) released a video on March 8 announcing the launch of Operation Measure the Impact of a Shock in the Taiwan Strait (Operation MIST). The video emphasized that maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait was the joint responsibility of all countries.

The 68th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) will be held in New York from March 11 to 22. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Republic of China (Taiwan), in cooperation with Taiwanese nongovernmental organizations, has arranged for Taiwan Gender Equality Week (TGEW) to be held in New York at the same time. The priority theme of CSW68 is “accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty