Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/24
By: Joseph Yeh
Taipei, July 24 CNA) Taiwan is part of the new “Free and Open Indo-Pacific”
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter
strategy proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said Tuesday in Taipei.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a forum in which he was invited to speak, Carter said he has “been part of” the U.S.’s broader Indo-Pacific strategy, “which favors an inclusive network of countries pursuing security in a way that is based upon rules and principle, and not coercion.”
“That is what will guarantee the stability and also the prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region, and Taiwan is a part of that network, of principle, inclusion and rules, and it’s a privilege to have that relationship,” he said.
The Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy, introduced by the Trump administration in November 2017, encompasses an area stretching from the U.S. West Coast to Japan, down through Southeast Asia to Australia, and west across another ocean to India. [FULL STORY]
