[Epoch Times, March 22, 2022]The Japan-China Congressional Conference, which consists of about 270 Japanese lawmakers, held its annual meeting in Tokyo today (22nd). President Tsai Ing-wen was invited to have a video call with former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. During the dialogue, the conference also passed a resolution supporting Taiwan’s participation in the CPTPP and other content.
Japan Huaken held an annual meeting this evening at a large hotel in Tokyo. Abe attended the meeting as a consultant. During the meeting, he held a video conference with Tsai Ing-wen to discuss the friendship between Taiwan and Japan to overcome disasters and fight the epidemic together, and Taiwan joined the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement (CPTPP), the situation in Ukraine and the region, as well as ensuring peace and stability in the strategy of ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific, exchanged views. The two sides had a video chat for nearly 30 minutes.
This video conference was arranged and facilitated by Chairman Nichika Ken and Representative Keiji Furuya. In the video conference, in response to the situation in Ukraine, Tsai Ing-wen said that Taiwan supports Ukraine, which is fighting for freedom and democracy. For Taiwan, this matter cannot be kept out of the way, and Taiwan and Ukraine are on the same side. Abe said that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is a major challenge to the international order, and it is absolutely not allowed to change the status quo by force.
During the video conference, Tsai Ing-wen expressed her gratitude to Japan for attaching importance to the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait. In addition, we also express our gratitude to Japan for providing Taiwan’s vaccine last year (6 batches of 4.204 million doses). During the talks, Abe expressed his views on “there is something wrong with Taiwan” (there is an emergency). Tsai Ing-wen told Abe during the video conference that she looked forward to Abe’s visit to Taiwan.
Representative Xie Changting in Japan was invited to attend the Japan-China Ken Annual Conference and deliver a speech. After the conference, he and Furuya attended the press conference together. Furuya revealed at the press conference that the “surprise” of today’s conference was that Tsai Ing-wen and Abe held a video conference at the conference. Xie Changting said that it is the first time in history that Japan and China have arranged for President Tsai and Abe to hold a video conference, which is of special significance.
Xie Changting was invited to speak at the Japan-China Ken Annual Conference today, saying that in the Reiwa era (the Japanese era will be Reiwa from May 2019), the world is facing the challenges of the COVID-19 (CCP virus) epidemic, war and other challenges. Taiwan and Japan are trustworthy partners and friends. Facing challenges, friendship is even more important. We should unite together to overcome difficulties and work hard to build a friendly relationship between Taiwan and Japan in the next 50 and 100 years.
He said that last month the Taiwanese government announced the lifting of import controls on food from five counties including Fukushima, which represented Taiwan’s determination to accept international standards and keep pace with the world. Taiwan will do its utmost to join the CPTPP and international economic organizations.
Talking about the situation in Ukraine, Hsieh Changting said that the international situation is becoming more and more severe, and the practice of changing the status quo by force is absolutely not allowed. Taiwan will face it in solidarity with countries with similar concepts such as Japan. Taiwan provides humanitarian support to Ukraine, supports Ukraine, and hopes to play the role of a responsible member of democratic societies around the world, join hands with the United States and Japan and other countries with similar ideas, maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and the region, and support the free and open Indo-Pacific. make a contribution.
The Japan-China Conference passed a resolution to support Taiwan’s participation in the CPTPP and other content
There are a total of 14 resolutions made by the Japan-China Conference today, including that Japan and China believe that changing the status quo by force is a major threat to the international community, and will do its best to cooperate with Taiwan and respect the basic values of freedom, democracy, and the rule of law. to maintain international order.
Nihua Ken believes that the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait is very important. Taking the lesson of Russia’s aggression into Ukraine as a lesson, and considering the possible drastic changes in international relations in the Asia-Pacific region, in order not to unilaterally change the status quo by economic or military force, Japan must cooperate with the situation. The international community, which shares the same values, also expects Taiwan to work in harmony with the Pacific Forum and contribute to the realization of a free and open Indo-Pacific.
The resolution pointed out that although Taiwan is close to China, it has been able to make advance arrangements in epidemic prevention and protect human life, which can be called the most successful case of epidemic prevention in the world. Japan and China sincerely support Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Assembly (WHA), and like other countries, they can have the same opportunity to express their opinions freely in public, and support Taiwan’s wisdom for the world to share. In addition, it is also expected that the Japanese government will strengthen cooperation with the Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Taiwan.
The resolution pointed out that Taiwan’s food import controls on Fukushima and other five counties have been greatly relaxed. On the premise that Taiwan can accept the principles of the CPTPP agreement, meet the high standards of the agreement, and the current CPTPP (TPP11) agreement, Japan and China sincerely support Taiwan’s accession. CPTPP agreement.
Nippon Kaen is pleased to see the agreement between the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association and the Taiwan-Japan Relations Association to restart the Japan-Taiwan Economic Partnership Committee, and looks forward to the results of the committee to help Taiwan join the CPTPP. Nihua Ken believes that in the CPTPP negotiation, the practical exchanges between governments are extremely important, and he looks forward to improving the negotiation environment.
The resolution also stated that, based on the perspective of economic security, if the international supply chain is to be readjusted, it is necessary for Taiwan and Japan to cooperate, and Japan and China will actively support it. Based on TSMC’s plan to set up a factory in Japan, Taiwan and Japan will share the future blueprint of the manufacturing industry and share advantages in the world market through Taiwan-Japan cooperation. In addition, not only in the manufacturing industry, but also in the field of science and technology, cooperation and exchanges can be carried out widely through human resources development.
(Central News Agency)
Responsible editor: Zhong Yuan