The "2+2" talks between the foreign and defense ministers of the United States and Japan were held in Washington on the 11th. After the meeting, the joint statement pointed out that the basic position of the United States and Japan on Taiwan remains unchanged, and reiterated the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

On the left is Japanese Foreign Minister Lin Fangzheng, and on the right is US Secretary of State Blinken.

(Reuters)

[Reporter Lu Yixuan/Taipei Report] U.S. President Joe Biden (Joe Biden) and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Akira Kishida will hold a leadership summit. The U.S. and Japan will hold a 2+2 security consultation meeting on the 11th Eastern Time. The importance of peace and stability.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs highly welcomes this today.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Llyod Austin, Japanese Foreign Minister Lin Fangzheng, and Defense Minister Yasuichi Hamada held the "U.S.-Japan Security Consultation (2+2) Meeting" in Washington on the 11th. In the joint statement issued after the meeting, the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait was reiterated, and further emphasized that this is an "indispensible element for maintaining the security and prosperity of the international community."

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The United States and Japan further emphasized in the statement that China's foreign policy seeks to change the international order, which is of serious concern to the United States, Japan and the international community, and constitutes the greatest strategic challenge in the Indo-Pacific region. .

In addition, the two sides are also concerned about China's actions in the East China Sea, South China Sea, Hong Kong, and Xinjiang, and will continue to strengthen capability interoperability, expand partnerships, and optimize alliance military deployment to meet increasingly severe security challenges.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ou Jiangan said today that my country highly welcomes and affirms that the US and Japanese governments once again openly support the maintenance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

Recently, China's authoritarianism has continued to expand outward and challenge the global democratic order, which has aroused serious concern and condemned by liberal and democratic countries around the world.

Ou Jiangan emphasized that Taiwan, as a responsible member of the Indo-Pacific region, will continue to deepen cooperation with like-minded countries such as the United States and Japan, defend universal values ​​such as democracy, freedom, human rights, and the rule of law, maintain security across the Taiwan Strait, and jointly promote the Indo-Pacific region. peace, stability and economic prosperity.