The 42nd session of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly commenced in Montreal, Canada, on September 23. Speaking at a session on the opening day, US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy publicly expressed support for Taiwan, emphasizing that Taiwan’s inclusion in ICAO was about the safety and security of the global system and saying that there was no room for politics on this question.
An event calling for Taiwan’s participation in the International Civil Aviation Organization was held at the National Press Theatre Sept. 22 in Ottawa, Canada.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, and Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Cho Hyun held a trilateral meeting in New York on September 22. In a joint statement issued following the meeting, they emphasized the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, expressed concern about increasingly frequent destabilizing actions around Taiwan, encouraged the peaceful resolution of cross-strait issues, and opposed any unilateral attempts to change
On September 20, the US Department of State released a fact sheet on the US partnership with the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The document details substantive Taiwan-US cooperation in the Marshall Islands. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes continued Taiwan-US cooperation in the Pacific in support of peace, stability, and prosperity in Taiwan’s Pacific allies and the Indo-Pacific region.
In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong stated that peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the maintenance of the status quo had a crucial impact on Asia and the world.
A five-year memorandum of understanding on the Pacific Islands Leadership Program with Taiwan (PILP) was extended by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Hawaii-based East-West Center Sept. 17 in Taipei City, highlighting the government’s ongoing commitment to cultivating next-generation leaders in the region.
Ted Cruz (R-TX), Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, recently sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy. In it, he asserted that the United States should lead the world in urging the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to “allow Taiwan to participate with the full privileges of a Member State.” The letter was also forwarded to ICAO Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar.
To strengthen the protection of submarine cables, conduits and pipelines, the Executive Yuan on Thursday approved draft amendments to seven laws: the Telecommunications Management Act, Electricity Act, Natural Gas Enterprise Act, Water Supply Act, Meteorological Act, Commercial Port Law, and Law of Ships.
Taiwan, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and other like-minded countries have provided assistance with the construction of the Central Pacific Cable to Tuvalu, which has significantly enhanced Tuvalu’s digital resilience and communications network efficiency.
Premier Cho Jung-tai on Wednesday received a delegation led by Sumi Shuzo, chairman of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association. The premier said that Taiwan and Japan share universal values such as democracy, freedom, human rights and the rule of law, and that both sides enjoy long-standing historical ties, with their peoples holding positive impressions of each other.
