Tsai calls for 'peaceful coexistence' with Beijing on National Day
Posted on 2023-10-10 15:07:13
President Tsai Ing-wen has reiterated that eace is the only option across the Taiwan Strait, and Taiwan is willing to work out "a path to peaceful coexistence" with Beijing
During her National Day speech, she also says Taiwan is willing to "develop with the Beijing authorities a mutually acceptable foundation for interaction" provided that "the Taiwan public consensus" is respected.
However, Tsai did not elaborate on what such a pubic consensus entailed during her speech at a ceremony marking the National Day of the Republic of China.
While noting that cross-Taiwan Strait relations have seen "drastic changes" over the past seven years, Tsai says her administration has "kept its promises and maintained the status quo."
Tsai, who'll step down in May next year, says her administration has not provoked China nor acted rashly when it came to cross-strait relations since she took office in 2016.
On improving its defense capabilities, Tsai has touted the newly launched, locally made submarine as a "big step forward" in Taiwan's ambitions to achieve greater defense self-sufficiency and further enhance its asymmetric capabilities.
The main opposition KMT's presidential nominee Hou Yu-ih, attended a separate National Day ceremony hosted by the New Taipei City government, where he was joined by former President Ma Ying-jeou.
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