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MOFA response to US Secretary of State Rubio expressing concern over China’s coercion of Taiwan in phone call with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang

January 25, 2025 


United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio on January 24 spoke over the phone with Director of the Office of the Chinese Communist Party Central Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. He stressed the United States’ commitment to its allies in the region and serious concern over China’s coercive actions against Taiwan and in the South China Sea. 

 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) affirms and welcomes Secretary Rubio’s remarks in his first interaction with the Chinese foreign minister underscoring strong US concern over China’s continued coercion of Taiwan, military expansion, disruption of regional peace and stability, and other heavy-handed actions.

 

MOFA notes that China again made false claims about Taiwan in its press release concerning this phone call. MOFA solemnly reiterates that neither the Republic of China (Taiwan) nor the People’s Republic of China is subordinate to the other and that this is a long-standing, objective fact and the status quo across the Taiwan Strait.

 

MOFA looks forward to building on the solid Taiwan-US friendship to further enhance cooperation with the Trump administration. Taiwan will continue to demonstrate its determination to defend itself and comprehensively bolster its defense capabilities and resilience through such avenues as military purchases from the United States, national defense reforms, and strengthening of whole-of-society defense resilience. It will also steadily deepen its close security, economic, and trade partnership with the United States to jointly advance peace, stability, and prosperity across the Taiwan Strait and in the region.