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MOFA response to G7 foreign ministers’ statement reaffirming importance of cross-strait peace and support for Taiwan’s international participation

November 27, 2024 

The Group of Seven (G7) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held in Fiuggi and Anagni, Italy, from November 25 to 26. A statement issued following the meeting on November 26 reaffirmed that maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait was indispensable to international security and prosperity. It called for the peaceful resolution of cross-strait issues and backed Taiwan’s meaningful participation in international organizations. The statement also reiterated the importance of upholding a free and open Indo-Pacific, and it expressed serious concern about the situation in the East and South China Seas as well as strong opposition to any unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) sincerely welcomes and appreciates the continuing staunch support extended to Taiwan by G7 member nations. 
 
As a responsible country in the Indo-Pacific, Taiwan will continue to enhance collaboration with G7 members and take concrete action to safeguard the core values of democracy, freedom, human rights, and the rule of law. It will maintain cooperation with like-minded partners to uphold the rules-based international order and jointly pursue peace, stability, and prosperity in the region and beyond.

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MOFA response to false claims regarding Taiwan in joint statement between PRC and Brazil

November 21, 2024

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on November 20 signed and issued the Joint Statement Between the People’s Republic of China and the Federative Republic of Brazil on Jointly Building the China-Brazil Community with a Shared Future for a More Just World and a More Sustainable Planet. According to the statement, Brazil reiterated support for the “one China principle” and said that Taiwan was an inalienable part of Chinese territory. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) strongly protests and condemns these spurious claims that undermine Taiwan’s sovereignty.
 
MOFA reiterates that the Republic of China (Taiwan) is an independent and sovereign nation; that neither the ROC (Taiwan) nor the PRC is subordinate to the other; and that the PRC has never governed Taiwan for a single day. These are objective and universally understood facts. Taiwan is a modern, democratic nation that actively defends its democratic system and respects human rights and the rule of law. No statement distorting Taiwan’s sovereign status can alter the international consensus as to the situation across the Taiwan Strait. 
 
Brazil is a country that pursues the core values of freedom, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. MOFA calls on the government of Brazil to recognize the malevolent intentions behind China’s Belt and Road Initiative, to no longer echo the false narrative pushed by China through the so-called “one China principle,” to refrain from maliciously disparaging Taiwan’s sovereignty, and to avoid becoming an accomplice in authoritarian China’s attempts to jeopardize regional peace and stability.
 
MOFA reaffirms the Taiwanese people’s staunch commitment to upholding the values of freedom and democracy and urges the international community to jointly condemn China’s unilateral actions aimed at disrupting cross-strait peace and stability.

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MOFA response to Australia, US, and Japan defense ministers emphasizing importance of cross-strait peace and stability

November 18, 2024  

Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles, United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III, and Japanese Minister of Defense Gen Nakatani met on November 17 in Darwin, Australia. In the joint statement issued after the meeting, the ministers emphasized the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, called for the peaceful resolution of cross-strait issues, expressed concern over developments in the South China Sea, and reiterated their strong opposition to any unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion. 
 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sincerely thanks Australia, the United States, and Japan for continuing to publicly reaffirm their strong positions on jointly maintaining cross-strait peace and stability and upholding peace in the Indo-Pacific. Taiwan will continue to work with like-minded partners to defend the rules-based international order and advance regional peace, stability, and prosperity.

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MOFA response to US President Biden again underscoring importance of cross-strait peace and stability in meeting with Chinese leader Xi in Peru

November 17, 2024  

US President Joe Biden met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Lima, Peru, on November 16. During the meeting, President Biden reiterated that the United States opposed any unilateral changes to the status quo from either side of the Taiwan Strait, that it expected cross-strait differences to be resolved by peaceful means, and that the world had an interest in peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. He also called for an end to China’s destabilizing military activity around Taiwan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) commends and welcomes President Biden publicly reaffirming the United States’ commitment to preserving peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait during interactions with the Chinese leader.
 
MOFA also thanks the Biden administration for placing great importance on, and doing its utmost through concrete actions to maintain, peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific. This included a joint statement issued after the recent US-Japan-ROK leaders’ meeting recognizing peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait as an indispensable element of security and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific. In the statement, the three countries announced the establishment of a trilateral secretariat to coordinate and implement their shared commitments and ensure that their joint efforts would make the Indo-Pacific a thriving, connected, resilient, stable, and secure region. 
 
MOFA also notes that China’s press release on the Biden-Xi meeting again included fallacious and misleading narratives on Taiwan and Taiwan-US relations. MOFA reiterates that neither the Republic of China (Taiwan) nor the People’s Republic of China is subordinate to the other. It also stresses that, as the United States and other parties have repeatedly pointed out, China’s continuous military provocations around Taiwan are the biggest destabilizing factor for regional peace and stability and the biggest threat to global economic prosperity. 
 
MOFA welcomes continued international attention on cross-strait peace and stability as well as concern over China’s threat to the peaceful status quo. As a responsible member of the global community, Taiwan will actively implement the Four Pillars of Peace action plan, leveraging its strengths to ensure peace. Taiwan is staunchly committed to defending itself and will steadily enhance its defense capabilities. It will also work with the United States and other like-minded partners to preserve peace, stability, and prosperity across the Taiwan Strait and in the Indo-Pacific.

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Taiwan donates €4 million to EBRD’s Ukraine Recovery and Reconstruction Guarantee Facility to help revitalize Ukrainian insurance market

Date：2024-12-14
Data Source：Department of European Affairs

December 14, 2024  
No. 461  

To assist Ukraine in revitalizing its domestic insurance market and to boost international investment interest in Ukraine, Taiwan has agreed to allocate €4 million from the TaiwanBusiness-EBRD Technical Cooperation Fund for the Ukraine Recovery and Reconstruction Guarantee Facility (URGF) initiative led by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The donation agreement was signed in Taipei on December 2 at a ceremony witnessed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tien Chung-kwang. It was signed on behalf of Taiwan by Jonathan C. Y. Sun, Director General of the Department of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and by Director for Donor Partnerships Camilla Otto on behalf of the EBRD. 
 
The EBRD held a ceremony to launch the URGF in its London headquarters on December 12, which was attended by Taiwan Representative to the United Kingdom Vincent C. H. Yao. In his remarks at the event, Representative Yao said that Taiwan staunchly supported Ukraine and looked forward to working with like-minded democratic allies to assist in Ukraine’s reconstruction through the URGF mechanism.
 
Due to the Russia-Ukraine war, international reinsurance companies have had reservations about providing coverage for businesses operating in Ukraine. The EBRD thus aims to raise €110 million via the URGF mechanism so as to provide additional guarantees for potential losses incurred by war-related risks. This will increase international investor confidence and, in turn, accelerate economic recovery and improve the lives of the Ukrainian people. France, the United Kingdom, Norway, the European Union, and Switzerland have also pledged to donate to the URGF. (E)

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Foreign Minister Lin hosts welcome luncheon for Polish parliamentary delegation led by Deputy Senate Marshal Kamiński

Date：2024-12-13
Data Source：Department of European Affairs

December 13, 2024  
No. 459  

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung on December 12 hosted a luncheon to welcome a parliamentary delegation from the Republic of Poland led by Deputy Senate Marshal Michał Kamiński. During the event, the two sides exchanged views on regional developments, Taiwan-Poland relations, and economic and trade exchanges. 
 
Minister Lin pointed out that both Taiwan and Poland had previously gone through periods of authoritarian rule but had since chosen the path of democracy. He remarked that bilateral relations had steadily advanced in recent years in such areas as the economy, trade, higher education, law enforcement, and science and technology. Minister Lin also affirmed that Taiwan would continue to work with Poland and other like-minded countries to bolster democratic resilience, deepen Taiwan-Europe economic and trade linkages, and forge resilient democratic supply chains throughout the world. 
 
Furthermore, Minister Lin noted that the Polish-Taiwanese Parliamentarian Group released statements in April last year and May this year advocating Taiwan’s international participation and expressing concern over peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. He thanked friends from the Polish parliament for taking such concrete action in support of Taiwan and added that he looked forward to further collaborating in the future and deepening bilateral interactions and exchanges.
 
In his remarks, Deputy Senate Marshal Kamiński stated that Taiwan and Poland could learn from each other through exchanges in such fields as culture, the economy and trade, science and technology, and academia. He also said that due to Poland’s considerable economic development potential, many major Taiwanese enterprises had already invested in Poland, including Chi Mei Frozen Food and Compal, and that he anticipated that even more Taiwanese businesses would seek to develop market opportunities in Poland. 
 
Taiwan and Poland share such universal values as freedom and democracy. In the future, the two countries will continue to work closely together to jointly promote prosperity and progress and protect hard-earned democratic achievements. (E)

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Deputy Foreign Minister Wu to attend Somaliland presidential inauguration as special envoy of President Lai

Date：2024-12-11
Data Source：Department of West Asian and African Affairs

December 11, 2024  No. 458  

President-elect of the Republic of Somaliland Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, who represents the Waddani National Party and previously served as speaker of the House of Representatives, will be sworn into office on December 12 following his election victory on November 13. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs François Chihchung Wu, serving as special envoy of President Lai Ching-te, is leading a delegation to Somaliland to attend the inauguration ceremony and extend congratulations on behalf of the government and people of Taiwan. His visit underscores the friendly relations between the two democratic countries. 
 
Deputy Minister Wu arrived in the capital city of Hargeisa at noon on December 11. He was met at the airport by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Rhoda Jama Elmi on behalf of the Somaliland government. Representative of the Republic of Somaliland Representative Office in Taiwan Mohamed Omar Hagi Mohamoud and representative of the new government’s transition team Khadar Hussein Abdi were also there to welcome the delegation.
 
Deputy Minister Wu will attend the presidential inauguration and convey a message of congratulations from President Lai to President Abdullahi. He will also meet with outgoing President Muse Bihi Abdi and other prominent political figures, as well as representatives, envoys, and delegations from other nations, to exchange views on the latest international developments. 
 
Somaliland is an important partner of Taiwan in East Africa. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue to promote bilateral exchanges and cooperation across various domains and deepen the friendship between the two sides. (E)

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MOFA responds to China’s military activities around first island chain; urges international community to jointly safeguard cross-strait peace and stability

Date：2024-12-11
Data Source：Department of Policy Planning

December 11, 2024 
No. 457 

China has recently deployed large numbers of PLA Navy and China Coast Guard vessels around the first island chain for days-long military exercises. It has also repeatedly dispatched military aircraft and vessels to harass Taiwan, unilaterally disrupting peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, unnecessarily escalating regional tensions, and interfering with regular international shipping and trade. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) demands that the Beijing authorities immediately cease their military intimidation and all other unreasonable behavior that is jeopardizing regional peace and stability.
 
An international consensus has been reached on the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific region. Although cross-strait and regional developments are closely followed by the international community, China continues to ramp up rhetorical and military intimidation against Taiwan. China’s large-scale military buildup around the first island chain has created uncertainty and risk, giving countries in the region cause for concern. This underscores the fact that China is a destabilizing force that is undermining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific. 
                                
China’s provocative actions toward Taiwan and other countries in the region are a clear violation of the United Nations Charter, which stipulates that all countries must refrain from the threat or use of force to infringe on the territorial sovereignty of another country. MOFA solemnly demands that China immediately stop violating international law and demonstrate that it can be a responsible major power. 
 
Taiwan will do its utmost to fulfill its international responsibilities, calmly respond to China’s military threats, staunchly safeguard its sovereignty and national security, and firmly defend democracy and freedom. MOFA urges democratic partners worldwide to unite with Taiwan to jointly counter authoritarian expansionism and encroachment, prevent repeated attempts to unilaterally and deliberately disrupt the status quo, uphold the rules-based international order, and together preserve peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific. (E)

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MOFA welcomes ANZMIN joint statement supporting cross-strait peace and stability

Date：2024-12-07
Data Source：Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs

December 7, 2024No. 452  Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles and Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong met with New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters and Minister of Defence Judith Collins in Auckland on December 6 for the second Australia-New Zealand Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations (ANZMIN) this year. In the joint statement issued after the meeting, they reiterated the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, opposed unilateral changes to the status quo, and expressed concern over the situation in the South China Sea. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) welcomes and appreciates this statement. Australia and New Zealand are important friends of Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific region, and bilateral relations with both countries have made significant strides in recent years. Given that maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea has become a global consensus, MOFA invites the international community to continue expressing its concerns and take practical action to uphold the rules-based international order. The Taiwan government will continue to promote values-based diplomacy and work with like-minded countries to advance democracy, peace, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific. (E)

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Posted On: 24 MAR 2025 5:20PM by PIB Delhi

The Union Cabinet has approved the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM) on January 29, 2025. The NCMM aims to secure a long-term sustainable supply of critical minerals and strengthen India’s critical mineral value chains encompassing all stages from mineral exploration and mining to beneficiation, processing, and recovery from end-of-life products. The NCMM components also include ‘increasing domestic critical mineral production’ and ‘Acquisition of Critical Mineral Assets abroad’.

For acquisition of overseas mineral assets, the Ministry of Mines has established a joint venture company, Khanij Bidesh India Ltd. (KABIL). KABIL has signed an Exploration and Development Agreement with CAMYEN, a state-owned enterprise of Catamarca province of Argentina, for exploration and mining of five Lithium Brine Block in Argentina in an area of 15703 Ha.

Further, an MoU has been signed between KABIL and Critical Mineral Facilitation Office (CMFO), Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISER), Government of Australia for carrying out joint due diligence and further joint investment in Li & Co mineral assets of Australia.

NCMM has provision of critical mineral processing parks for which there is budget provision of Rs. 500 Crore. Further, there is also budget provision of Rs. 1500 crore for recycling. In addition, there are also provisions for skill development and R&D activity support.

The governance framework of NCMM includes an Empowered Committee chaired by the Cabinet Secretary with CEO of NITI Aayog and Secretaries of other stakeholder Ministries as members.

This information was given by Union Minister of Coal and Mines Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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