Prague ¨C Taiwan wants to secure peace and stability by maintaining the status quo in its relationship with neighboring China and needs the support of European states to do so, the island¡¯s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on Wednesday.
¡°In order for Taiwan to stay strong and resilient and to have the courage to continue the policy of maintaining the status quo, we do need support from European friends,¡± Wu said in a speech at a conference in the Czech capital, Prague.
China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring it under its control. Taiwan strongly objects to China¡¯s sovereignty claims and says only the island¡¯s people can decide their future.
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