US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reiterated that the US government’s long-standing security commitment to Taiwan is based on the Taiwan Relations Act and the “six assurances,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday following concerns over Washington’s policy shift toward Ukraine and its possible implications for Taiwan.
The ministry’s North American Affairs Department Director-General Wang Liang-yu (王良玉) made the remark in response to media queries at the ministry’s weekly news conference.
“The US government, from administration to administration, has consistently reiterated its security commitment to Taiwan based on the Taiwan Relation Act and the six assurances,” Wang said.
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The US’ long-standing position toward Taiwan has also been reiterated by Rubio, she added.
Rubio, in an interview on Thursday last week, reaffirmed Washington’s opposition to any forced change to the “status quo” across the Taiwan Strait and said that the US remains committed to its long-standing policies on Taiwan.
Since US President Donald Trump took office, his administration has — through the joint statements of a US-Japan meeting and a US-Japan-South Korea foreign ministers’ meeting — emphasized “the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait as an indispensable element of security and prosperity for the international community,” Wang said.
They have also expressed “opposition to any attempts to unilaterally force or coerce changes to the status quo,” as well as their “support for Taiwan’s meaningful participation in international organizations,” she said.
The ministry and government agencies would continue to promote Taiwan-US relations and demonstrate Taiwan’s self-defense determination, as well as strengthen the nation’s self-defense capability to achieve the goal of “peace through strength,” she said.
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