Meanwhile,

President Lai Ching-te has admonished Beijing for "distorting" UN Resolution
2758 to justify its territorial claims over Taiwan and to deny the island
participation in the United Nations system.

In a pre-recorded message to delegates at the 2024 Concordia Annual Summit in
New York, Lai said Beijing's twisting of the resolution is aimed at
supporting and promoting its 'one China principle.'

Lai said Beijing is falsely claiming that Taiwan is a part of the People's
Republic of China and that it has no right to participate in the U-N system
and other international agencies.

The president added "democratic Taiwan and authoritarian China are not
subordinate to each other."

He also urged other democratic nations to support democratic institutions
worldwide and "counter authoritarian aggression," including China's military
intimidation in the Taiwan Strait and East and South China Seas.. as well as
and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.