President Tsai ING-Wen compared the conflict in Ukraine on Monday with the Chinese objective of one day taking control of Taiwan. She declared that “an armed confrontation is absolutely not an option for our two camps”.
Le Monde with AFP and reuters
The Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-Wen warned Beijing that her country will not give in on her democratic way of life on Monday October 10, on the occasion of the National Taiwan Day. “The broadest consensus within the Taiwanese people and our various political parties is that we must defend our national sovereignty and our free and democratic way of life,” she said, insisting: “On this point, we Do not leave room for compromises. “
In her speech delivered during the national day, the leader made a parallel with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, who rekindled Taiwan’s concerns of a similar attempt by Beijing. She compared the conflict in Ukraine with the Chinese objective of one day taking control of Taiwan.
“We absolutely cannot ignore the risks that these military expansions make weigh on the free and democratic world order. These developments are inextricably linked to Taiwan,” she said.
Ensure your own defense
“I want to clearly understand the Beijing authorities that an armed confrontation is absolutely not an option for our two camps,” Tsai ING-Wen also said, calling for respecting sovereignty and freedoms of Taiwan for Allow a resumption of “constructive interactions” in the Taiwan Strait.
But the island will also demonstrate that it takes its responsibilities to ensure its own defense, explained the Taiwanese president, specifying that Taipei was going to accelerate the production of missiles of details and advanced ships, while getting Ultramobile weapons in order to be able to respond to “external military threats”.
The 23 million inhabitants of Taiwan live under the constant threat of an invasion of Beijing, which considers the island as a part of its territory to reconquer one day, and if necessary by force.