The government and people of Taiwan convey their condolences to those affected by Typhoon Rai, which struck the central and southern regions of the Philippines Dec. 16, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The government and people of Taiwan convey their condolences to those affected by Typhoon Rai, which struck the central and southern regions of the Philippines Dec. 16, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Taiwan, the U.S., Japan and newly designated full partner Australia staged the annual Global Cooperation and Training Framework Joint Committee Meeting Dec. 17 in Taipei City, reviewing the results of 2021 workshops and planning for the year ahead.
Taiwan is on democracy’s first line of defense against China’s expanding authoritarianism, according to Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu.
A forum enhancing public-private partnership while promoting exchanges between locally-based nongovernmental organizations and their international counterparts was staged Dec. 14 in Taipei City, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
François de Rugy, former President of the French National Assembly and current Chairman of the National Assembly’s France-Taiwan Parliamentary Friendship Group, is leading a six-member cross-party delegation to Taiwan from December 15 to 19 at the invitation of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
The 11th annual Taiwan-US-Japan Trilateral Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue was held in Taipei on December 14, focusing on the theme of “Mapping the Democratic Agenda for the Next Generation.” The dialogue was coorganized by the Prospect Foundation, the Center for a New American Security, and the Japan Institute of International Affairs—think tanks from each of the three countries—and commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
In response to the threat posed by the Omicron variant, after discussions with relevant agencies and assessments, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced on December 13 that it will maintain the Level 2 epidemic alert, effective from December 14 to December 27. Related regulations and general principles remain unchanged and are listed below.
The government is committed to safeguarding Taiwan’s sovereignty and democratic way of life by enhancing indigenous defense capabilities while contributing more to the international community, according to Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu.
Taiwan is committed to strengthening its defensive capabilities while deepening cooperation in areas of overlapping interests with like-minded partners such as Australia, according to Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu.
The Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering’s (APG) Mutual Evaluation Committee announced at its online meeting Thursday that Taiwan has maintained its “regular follow-up” status—the APG’s most favorable category—based on our submission of the required 2021 follow-up report. This follows Taiwan’s placement in the APG’s “regular follow-up” category after the third round of mutual evaluations back in October of 2019.