Taiwan is willing and able to work with the international community to address emerging challenges, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said during a meeting with a delegation from the National Committee on American Foreign Policy in Taipei yesterday.
Tsai thanked the New York-based organization for promoting multilateral dialogue to deepen the ties between Taiwan and the US, which has led to positive progress in regional security.
The committee also regularly publishes reports on Taiwan-US relations and the situation across the Taiwan Strait, she added.
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Amid the recent turbulent international situation, Tsai believed that the delegation would be able to have a deeper understanding of the challenges Taiwan and the region are facing.
Not only have Taiwan and the US continued to strengthen their bilateral relationship, but they have also been interacting more closely with other democratic partners, she said, citing the example of a recent workshop held by the Global Cooperation and Training Framework, a platform cofounded by Taiwan and the US, with Japan and Australia later joining the partnership.
The workshop focused on maritime disaster measures, with experts on marine environment and disaster prevention from 13 countries in the Indo-Pacific region and the Caribbean participating, she said.
Taiwan will continue to strive to safeguard regional peace and stability as a responsible member of international society, as well as contribute positively to the world as a force for good, she said.
Tsai said that she was looking forward to learning about the delegation’s insights after their visits to other Asian countries, and hoped to jointly safeguard the security and sustainable development of global democracy through closer regional cooperation and dialogue.
The committee has organized a number of informal tripartite talks between experts and academics from Taipei, Beijing and the US, former US ambassador and committee president Susan Elliott said.
The best way to maintain peace, stability and prosperity is through dialogue, she said, adding that she felt honored that many experts in Taiwan were willing to exchange opinions with the delegation.
Elliott also congratulated Tsai on her “successful and fruitful” eight years in office.
In other news, a documentary on Tsai was recently released in the US and was screened at the Middleburg Film Festival in Virginia on Saturday.
The film, Invisible Nation, which took director Vanessa Hope seven years to complete, tells the story of Taiwan’s fight for democracy under threat and pressure from China, as well as the election and work of the first female president of Taiwan.
After its release at the end of last month, the film was screened at the Mill Valley Film Festival in California and the 21st New Hampshire Film Festival earlier this month.
It is to be screened at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam next month, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the US said.
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