Visiting delegations enhance security of Taiwan Strait: FM Joseph Wu
Visiting delegations enhance security of Taiwan Strait: FM Joseph Wu
2023-05-22
Foreign minister Joseph Wu has hit back at a lawmaker who said that recent visiting delegations have expressed support for Taiwan, but offered no substantial aid. Responding to KMT Legislator Wu Sz-huai, the minister said that when more and more nations express support for Taiwan, they help enhance the security of the Taiwan Strait. He also refuted claims that his ministry had not given enough help to a Taiwanese student attacked last week in New York.
On the internet forum Dcard, a post titled “I was subject to an indiscriminate attack in New York” has gone viral. The post was made by a Taiwanese student in New York, who was struck in the head by a Black woman. When the student asked for help from Taiwan’s consulate, she was only given the contact information of a lawyer. The student wrote that this response was “disappointing.”
Joseph Wu
Foreign minister
We did provide our support. This claim that we ignored the situation is not true. This victim –as the result of our discussion with the victimized national – we found that she wanted to file a lawsuit. So we recommended a lawyer who had a long-term cooperative relationship with our consulate.
Foreign minister Joseph Wu described how the case was handled, emphasizing that his ministry had not been derelict in its duties. He also addressed allegations made by KMT Legislator Wu Sz-huai, who said that visiting U.S. and EU officials have voiced support for Taiwan but done nothing substantial to help.
Joseph Wu
Foreign minister
China is becoming a greater and greater threat to Taiwan. If more countries in the world, including the G-7 nations, stand up against China’s threat to Taiwan, then I believe Taiwan’s security situation will be better.
Besides crossing swords with the legislator, the foreign minister also rejected Elon Musk’s recent remarks on Taiwan. Musk said that “the official policy of China is that Taiwan should be integrated,” and that “there’s a certain inevitability to the situation.”
Joseph Wu
Foreign minister
China threatens Taiwan, without regard to the fact that Taiwan is a free and democratic society. This matter should be decided by the people of Taiwan.
Taiwan has not been invited to the World Health Assembly for seven years in a row. The WHO’s director general said that Taiwan’s participation must be decided by a vote by member states. On Monday, Joseph Wu voiced his objection.
Joseph Wu
Foreign minister
I think that this statement does not match the expectations of our people. Taiwan’s 23 million people are excluded from the WHO. Director General Tedros should accept Taiwan and allow Taiwan to be an observer at the WHA.
Joseph Wu reiterated that Taiwan’s participation in international affairs should not be decided by Beijing.
吳斯懷質疑國際訪台沒幫助 吳釗燮:成效看得到
2023-05-22
國民黨立委吳斯懷，立法院質詢外交部長吳釗燮時，質疑近來包括英國前首相特拉斯等人來台，卻對台灣沒實質幫助，吳釗燮回擊，成效都看得到，如今國際上有愈來愈多國家起身反抗中國、挺台灣，相信對台海安全會好一點，至於有台灣留學生在美國被攻擊、卻質疑外館做法不適當，吳釗燮也澄清都有做適當協助。
網路Dcard版上，一篇標題寫著’’我在紐約被無差別攻擊’’的文章被瘋傳，原來是一名台灣留學生，在紐約圖書館被一名非裔女性攻擊頭部，她向我國外館求助，外交部領事務局處理方式卻是只給她律師聯絡方式，讓她痛批很失望。
[[外交部長 吳釗燮]]
“我們也予以關懷，沒有所謂的什麼事情都不理的狀況，跟這位受害者，受害的國人討論的結果，她認為說她要提起告訴，也因此我們外館就介紹了一位，長期跟我們外館合作的律師給她”
吳釗燮還原處理程序，強調外交部沒失職。針對國民黨立委吳斯懷質疑，近幾年來不斷有歐美官員、議員訪台，除了展現挺台態度，他認為沒展現任何實質幫助，吳釗燮強力回擊。
[[外交部長 吳釗燮]]
“中國對台灣的威脅愈來愈多，如果全世界有愈來愈多的國家，包括G7都起來，反對中國對台灣的威脅，我相信我們台灣安全的狀況，會比較好一點”
不只與立委舌戰，針對特斯拉創辦人馬斯克指稱’’奪取台灣是中國的既定政策、一定程度上是不可避免’’，吳釗燮頗不以為然。
[[外交部長 吳釗燮]]
“中國在威脅我們台灣，而且不顧我們台灣是一個民主自由的社會，這個事情應該是要由我們台灣的人民來決定”
至於台灣已連續七年未獲邀出席世界衛生大會，WHO祕書長譚德塞卻說，台灣要能參加、要由會員國投票決定，吳釗燮實在聽不下去。
[[外交部長 吳釗燮]]
“我想這種說法，跟我們全民的期待不符，我們台灣2300萬人民，被排除在世界衛生組織之外，譚德塞秘書長應該接納台灣，讓我們台灣作為世界衛生大會的觀察員”
吳釗燮再重申，台灣參與國際事務，絕不是由中國來決定。
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