Taiwan News
Date: 2019/06/16
By: Taiwan Today, Agencies

President Tsai Ing-wen (right) welcomes Richard C. Bush and a delegation of scholars from the U.S. and Japan at the Presidential Office June 13 in Tai

President Tsai Ing-wen said June 13 that Taiwan is determined to ramp up cooperation with the U.S. and Japan in countering rising challenges to rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific.

Taiwan will deepen trilateral ties and work closely with the like-minded partners in promoting regional peace, stability and prosperity for the benefit of all, Tsai said. This approach is in line with the U.S.’s visions and principles for a free and open Indo-Pacific, she added.

Tsai made the remarks while receiving a delegation of academics and experts from the U.S. and Japan at the Presidential Office in Taipei City. Led by Richard C. Bush, senior fellow at Washington-based Brookings Institution and former chairman and managing director of the American institute in Taiwan, the six-member group is in Taiwan on a policy and political fact-finding visit.

According to Tsai, Taiwan and the U.S. were joined this year by Japan in co-staging workshops under the Global Cooperation and Training Framework. These focused on key subjects such as advancing women’s economic empowerment, enhancing cybersecurity, fighting corruption and managing drug-resistant tuberculosis.    [FULL  STORY]