The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday welcomed all actions by members of the international community that help maintain peace across the Taiwan Strait.
The ministry issued the remarks in a statement in response to an agreement reached during a discussion on Sunday between US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Japanese Minister of Defense Minoru Kihara and South Korean Minister of National Defense Shin Won-sik.
The ministers stressed the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
Photo: EPA-EFE/South Korea Ministry of Defense
“The secretary and the two ministers emphasized the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait as indispensable to security and prosperity in the international community. They shared concerns on activities that are inconsistent with international law, in particular the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and condemned recent dangerous activities against the vessels, ships, and aircraft operating in and over the East and South China seas,” the US Department of Defense said in a statement.
MOFA said that Taiwan, a member of the international democracy alliance, would continue to enhance cooperation with the US, Japan, South Korea and other like-minded countries to safeguard democracy, freedom and peace.
In Austin’s meeting with his South Korean counterpart in Seoul, with Kihara joining the meeting online, the ministers discussed strengthening their cooperation in the face of “severe security environments,” Kihara said.
The ministers also condemned growing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia as a contravention of UN resolutions, the South Korean Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
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