President Tsai Ing-wen visited the United States, and the Hudson Institute, a Washington think tank, presented the "Global Leadership Award".

(Reuters)

[Special correspondent Chen Yun/accompanying interview report] President Tsai Ing-wen visited New York, the United States. On the evening of the 30th, Eastern Time, she attended the Global Leadership Awards Gala held by the Hudson Institute, a think tank in Washington DC. In addition to being awarded the "Global Leadership Award ", Tsai also delivered a speech emphasizing that Taiwan's relationship with democracies in the world has continued to grow in recent years, but Taiwan is still excluded from the operations of the United Nations and related international organizations. Such injustice cannot continue. Taiwan needs the support of other democratic countries, Assist in participating in international organizations.

Taiwan is the responsible party in cross-strait relations

Zhang Dunhan, Deputy Secretary-General of the Presidential Palace, relayed after the meeting that after Tsai Ing-wen received the award from Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hudson Institute Stern and Director Watts and gave a speech, she also had a conversation with the participants.

President Tsai pointed out that this award is to pay tribute to the people of Taiwan. Even in the face of daunting challenges, the people of Taiwan still show perseverance. With the courage and persistence of the people and the support of American friends, Taiwan began its democratic transformation and ended the 30-year-old "Today's Taiwan stands shoulder to shoulder with like-minded countries, pursuing peace, prosperity and defending democracy."

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Tsai Ing-wen said that China deliberately escalates tensions, but Taiwan always responds cautiously and calmly, letting the world see that Taiwan is the responsible side in cross-strait relations. The people of Taiwan hope for peace, but history tells us the best The way to avoid war is to make yourself more powerful.

Maintaining peace across the Taiwan Strait is extremely important to the world

She emphasized that an unstable Taiwan Strait will bring serious economic and security risks to the world. Therefore, it is extremely important for all countries to maintain peace and stability in this region. It not only means that we must strengthen security cooperation, but also need to promote a stronger, A thriving economic partnership.

Tsai pointed out that Taiwan firmly believes in the power of democracy, but no country can solve the challenges of the 21st century or fight authoritarianism alone. We will continue to cooperate with the United States and like-minded countries to prove that democracy can achieve results, and to demonstrate that Taiwan has Determined to protect our way of life.