In response to growing tensions over the situation in Ukraine, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen ordered the military and others to strengthen monitoring and vigilance of military trends around the Taiwan Strait on the 23rd, keeping in mind the threat of China. Did.
According to the Taiwanese Presidential Office Building, President Cai received a report on the situation in Ukraine on the 23rd from a special team established in the administration last month.
In this, President Cai accused Russia of violating Ukraine's sovereignty and said, "Taiwan, as a member of the international community, wants to be involved in the peaceful resolution of the conflict."
He instructed the military and others to raise the level of surveillance and alertness to military developments around the Taiwan Strait and continue to strengthen their readiness to respond immediately to any situation.
Furthermore, while saying that "the situation in Taiwan and Ukraine are completely different, both geographically and in the importance of the international supply chain," foreign powers and collaborators in the region are false in order to influence the people's hearts of Taiwan. We asked each institution to strengthen its preparations for disinformation.
Although China was not named in the announcement on the 23rd, President Cai said last month that "Taiwan has long faced China's military threat and feels like Ukraine's position." There is a strong sense of caution that China will take some action in the situation in Ukraine.
Chinese spokesman criticized "using Ukrainian issues"
Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Taiwan Affairs Office, who is in charge of Taiwan policy in the Chinese government, said at a press conference on the 23rd, "Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party authorities" Is keeping pace with US and Western public opinion and using the Ukrainian issue to maliciously riot the so-called Chinese military threat. The root cause of the current tense situation in the Taiwan Strait is the Democratic Progressive Party authorities and Taiwan. Independent powers are repeatedly provoking in collusion with foreign powers to seek independence, "he criticized the Cai English government.