On April 9, Taiwan and New Zealand signed amendments to add pineapples to the list of approved products in the export plan for fruit and vegetables from Taiwan into New Zealand at a joint management committee meeting on sanitary and phytosanitary measures under ANZTEC—the economic cooperation agreement between the countries. The breakthrough is the result of almost eight years of negotiations and will expand the sale of Taiwan’s agricultural products on the international market.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaushieh Joseph Wu hosted a dinner on April 8 to welcome a cross-party delegation of five parliamentarians from Australia. The group was led by Shayne Neumann MP, Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade; and Andrew Wallace MP, Deputy Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaushieh Joseph Wu met with over 160 representatives of nongovernmental organizations at a tea reception March 26 at Taipei Guest House in the capital, pledging to continue boosting domestic NGOs’ international participation.

The 2024 International Workshop on Combating Transnational Fraud held under the Taiwan-U.S. Global Cooperation and Training Framework kicked off March 25 in Taipei City, with around 270 civil society specialists, experts, officials and private sector representatives from 24 countries sharing their experience and best practices.

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.