The Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out today (27th) that my country will use the "Taiwan Model" to assist Europe in de-risking and building strategic autonomy, leveraging its advantages in professional fields such as technology and industry to pragmatically expand Taiwan's international participation, and develop "home diplomacy" and hold events such as the "World Disaster Management Alliance", "Yushan Forum", and "Ketagalan Forum" to deepen connections with international partners.
The Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee of the Legislative Yuan will invite Foreign Minister Lin Jialong to report on the business overview tomorrow and prepare for questions. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out in a written report that since President Lai Ching-te took office, legislators have visited 39 countries, including friendly countries, the United States, Japan, and Europe, with 176 delegations and 424 person-times, and 88 parliamentary associations or friendship associations have been established. The 11th Legislative Yuan has so far received more than 80 countries, more than 650 visiting delegations, and about 7,800 foreign guests.
In the face of complex and severe challenges, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that it will continue to work closely with global democratic partners and national security teams to fully leverage Taiwan's key advantages in the fields of semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), and high-tech supply chains, and make good use of Taiwan's important position in the global democratic value chain, the first island chain in the Indo-Pacific, and non-red supply chains, deepen strategic connections with countries with similar ideals, promote peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait as a strategic interest jointly maintained by the international community, and work together to defend the rules-based international order.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs report pointed out that in addition to pragmatically expanding international participation and assisting Europe in de-risking and building strategic autonomy with the "Taiwan Model", the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also uses "home diplomacy" to build an international cooperation platform. In the past two years, it has actively planned and held home international events, including the first annual conference of the World Alliance for Disaster Management (WADM) held in Taipei in September this year, the annual Yushan Forum, the Ketagalan Forum, etc., using the home field advantage to deepen connections with international partners and expand diplomatic space.
In response to China's transnational suppression, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to strengthen its response to and counterattack China's hybrid threats to Taiwan, and actively strives for understanding and support from the international community to jointly safeguard Taiwan's international space and security.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has required all embassies and offices abroad to update their emergency response plans for transnational repression, using the "Prevention, Protection, and Countermeasures" (2P1R) strategy to strengthen people's identification capabilities, emergency victim assistance and international cooperation mechanisms, and build a defense network with international partners to jointly counter transnational repression and ensure the security and human rights of Chinese people. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will also continue to strengthen the protection mechanism for foreigners overseas based on the principle of "national security first". In addition to improving the tourism safety information dissemination and publicity mechanism, strengthening the emergency rescue services and emergency response capabilities of the overseas missions, we will also strengthen cooperation mechanisms with countries with similar concepts in law enforcement cooperation, international security and transnational threat prevention, and build a more complete security support network.
In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that it will also actively promote cooperation between Taiwan and countries with similar concepts in the fields of information security, social resilience, maritime security, drone use, and protection of critical infrastructure such as submarine cables, enhance the ability to jointly respond to gray zone intrusions, cognitive operations, and transnational suppression, and work together to maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific region.
