Taiwan will ensure regional peace and stability and seeks to work with other like-minded democracies, President Tsai Ing-wen tells visiting senior French and Australian dignitaries
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen stands next to French Senator Alain Richard during their meeting in Taipei, Taiwan on October 7, 2021.
Democratically ruled Taiwan has sought support from other democracies, especially the United States and it allies, amid the growing military and political pressure from China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory. Richard discussed the "essential contribution of Taiwan in the important field of human progress" but did not mention the rising military tensions with China in remarks carried live on the presidential office's Facebook page.
Richard, head of the French Senate's Taiwan Friendship Group, was the country's defence minister from 1997 to 2002 under President Jacques Chirac. Tsai did not directly mention the recent Chinese air force activities in public comments at her meetings with the senators or Abbott.Neither France nor Australia have formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan, like most countries.
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