Taiwan Lai Qingde said that in the face of the continuous scary of Chinese mainland, Taiwan will continue to cooperate with the United States and European partners to unite the threat to facing the expansion of authoritarianism.
According to the press release of the Taiwan Government, Lai Qingde visited the Marshall Foundation in Germany on Friday (October 4) and said that in the face of the continuous scary in Chinese in the Chinese mainland, Taiwan will not only continue to increase national defense budgetThe establishment of the National Defense Innovation Group, and also established the "All -Society Defense Toughness Committee" in the Presidential Palace to create a stronger Taiwan to ensure that regional stability and democratic development are sustainable.
He said that Taiwan not only has the determination to protect democracy, but also hopes that it will support the "democratic umbrella" with the country of democratic partners to avoid the threat of the expansion of authoritarian authority.In the Taiwan -US military cooperation, he would like to thank the former U.S. State Department's political and military bureau Jessica Lewis for their vigorous assistance to allow the US government to accelerateProvide Taiwan's defense capabilities.
Lai Qingde said that in addition to military, economic cooperation is also very important.He hopes that Taiwan and the United States can solve the problem of double taxation as soon as possible, enhance the economic and trade relations between the two sides, and also look forward to signing bilateral investment agreements with the European Union to promote more economic exchanges and cooperation.
He believes that in the face of the threat of authoritarianism, only unity can play collective wisdom and strength to respond together.He said that Taiwan needs the world and the world also needs Taiwan. Taiwan will continue to work with the United States and European partners.
