DPP legislator Wang Dingyu.

(Provided by Wang Dingyu Congress Office)

[Reporter Xie Junlin/Taipei Report] Fiji resumed the name of our representative office as "Republic of China (Taiwan) Business Mission in Fiji" and enjoys diplomatic privileges in accordance with the 1971 "Fiji Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act".

Democratic Progressive Party legislator Wang Dingyu said that Fiji and China have official diplomatic relations. Compared with the "double recognition" proposed by Foreign Minister Wu Zhaoxie, this is a new diplomatic model and strategy. Can it be called "quasi-diplomatic double recognition model"?

It is a new way to look forward to.

Wang Dingyu pointed out that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today that it has officially received a diplomatic notification from the Republic of Fiji on March 24, and that the official name of Taiwan's diplomatic representative unit in Fiji will be restored to "Republic of China (Taiwan)" from now on; he said that Fiji and China The People's Republic of China has formal diplomatic relations, while Taiwan and Fiji do not. In 2018, due to pressure from China, Fiji removed the "Republic of China (Taiwan)" from the name of Taiwan's representative office in Fiji. After several years of diplomatic and various efforts , finally officially notified Taiwan on March 24 this year, not only resuming the name of the station as "Republic of China (Taiwan)", but also comprehensively giving diplomatic courtesy to Taiwan's personnel stationed abroad, which is equivalent to ordinary countries.

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Wang Dingyu pointed out that after Wu Zhaoxie announced his acceptance of the new diplomatic strategy of "double recognition", Fiji's practice of quasi-dual recognition can be said to be a specific case.

He said, for example, Lithuania and China also have diplomatic relations, Taiwan's office in Lithuania is called "Taiwan Representative Office", and Taiwanese diplomats also enjoy full diplomatic courtesy; and the interactive relationship between Taiwan and Lithuania is far closer than that between Lithuania and China.

He believes that this new diplomatic model of Taiwan, under the strategy of China doing its best to spread money, undermining Taiwan's diplomatic wall, and diplomatically isolating Taiwan, will the future development trend form a democratic mainstream country with diplomatic relations with China, but at the same time give Taiwan a formal The name of the country's residence, complete diplomatic courtesy, and even the interaction in economy, trade, security, etc., are far closer than China.

Wang Dingyu said that whether this model is called "quasi-diplomatic dual recognition model" is a diplomatic breakthrough that can be expected.

For Taiwan, diplomacy means "having many friends, having specific contacts, they are willing to call us by our country's name, our personnel stationed abroad have full diplomatic courtesy, and we fully interact with each other in business, government affairs, military affairs, and security. This kind of diplomacy Compared with China's spending a lot of money to buy diplomatic relations with China, although Taiwan has gone very hard, it is very pragmatic."

He said that facing up to the fact that Taiwan and China are one country on each side and each other exists, "I think this is a new model and a new strategy for Taiwan's diplomacy, and I believe that there will be more and more relationships and countries like this in the future. It is something to look forward to. new approach."