Japanese Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi attended the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) in Malaysia and met for the first time with Chinese Minister of Defense Dong Jun on November 1. During the Japan-China defense ministerial meeting, Minister Koizumi emphasized the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung welcomes these statements and expresses his appreciation.
During the meeting, Minister Koizumi noted that security remained the most difficult aspect of Japan-China relations. He expressed serious concerns over China’s frequent and varied military activities in the East China Sea and the Pacific, as well as China’s increasing military maneuvers—including those conducted in cooperation with Russia—in the airspace and waters around Japan.
The rise of authoritarian expansionism poses a constant challenge to the rules-based international order and has heightened tensions worldwide. Cross-strait peace and stability are inextricably linked to global prosperity and security and are in the common interest of the global community.
Taiwan is committed to steadily bolstering its self-defense capabilities and whole-of-society defense resilience, in addition to working hand in hand with democratic partners to advance peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.
