現在Old Donald又要拿 "軍售台灣" 做為與支那鬼子談判的議題, 違背了華府多年來的傳統對台政策, 也會對台灣人的士氣以及第一島鏈的Collective defense帶來負面的影響
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台灣人的建軍備戰與民進黨政府的特別軍購預算遭到在台支那人與境內敵對勢力的掣肘與打擊, 現在Old Donald又要拿 "軍售台灣" 做為與支那鬼子談判的議題, 違背了華府多年來的傳統對台政策, 也會對台灣人的士氣以及第一島鏈的Collective defense帶來負面的影響(I) 1 明天, 5月14日, 老川就要率領他的國務卿.戰爭部長.財政部長與習某在北京進行一場高峰會與談判, "台灣" 與 "美國對台軍售" 都是談判桌上的議題. "台灣" 長久以來都是美支高峰會的議題, 每次都讓我台灣族人.台派.民進黨政權憂懼. 這種困擾與憂懼只有等到 "台灣加入美國", 才可望解決. 2 關於 "美國軍售台灣" 在這一次的美支高峰會也成為議題一事, 這事情本身就是對我台灣與台灣族人 [包括台灣建州運動與台灣獨立建國運動] 的傷害, 我請台灣與台美鄉親先來閱讀POLITICO所發出的一則訊息 [Appendix]. [我的Posts, 前綠人士.現已轉而擁抱藍白紅的人士.現已宣稱自己是支那人的人士.現已淪為藍白紅的幫閒或useful idiots的人士, 都不要或無需閱讀.] [to be continued] david chou founder formosa statehood statement ======================= Appendix POLITICO National Security Daily With help from Daniel Lippman, Eric Bazail-Eimil and Grace Yarrow May 11, 2026
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Trump puts Taiwan arms sales on table There’s little chance that President Donald Trump would completely abandon arms sales to Taiwan, but simply discussing the topic with Chinese leader Xi Jinping would be a deviation from longstanding U.S. policy. | Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images |
U.S. arms sales to Taiwan will be on the agenda in Beijing this week, President DONALD TRUMP told reporters today. That’s raising dread among Taiwan's supporters that Trump will agree to rethink a foundation of U.S.-Taiwan defense ties in exchange for a successful summit with China’s leader XI JINPING . Asked whether the U.S. should keep selling weapons to Taiwan, Trump told reporters , “I’m going to have that discussion with President Xi,” and added, “President Xi would like us not to.” While there’s little chance that Trump would completely abandon arms sales to Taiwan, simply discussing the topic with Xi would be a deviation from longstanding U.S. policy. The U.S. government pledged to Taiwan in 1982 in a document known as the Six Assurances that the U.S. wouldn’t consult with Beijing on weapons sales to the island. “Under previous administrations, they certainly would have taken pains to avoid any perception that China was dictating what the United States would or would not provide to Taiwan,” CHRISTINE WORMUTH , who served as Army secretary under President JOE BIDEN , told NatSec Daily. Asked about Trump’s comments today, the White House told NatSec Daily “There has been no change in U.S. policy regarding Taiwan.” The issue of how much weaponry the U.S. should be sending to Taiwan defense is a live one. Congress approved the latest arms sale to Taiwan, for $14 billion, in January but the sale can’t advance until Trump formally transmits it to Congress. A bipartisan group of eight lawmakers pressed the White House to move forward in a letter made public today. “The conventional and asymmetric capabilities we provide — drones, anti-ship missiles, radar systems and mines — make a Chinese invasion prohibitively costly and thereby help preserve the peaceful status quo,” the senators, led by Senate Foreign Relations ranking member JEANNE SHAHEEN (D-N.H.), wrote in the letter sent Friday . Sens. THOM TILLIS (R-N.C.) and JOHN CURTIS (R-Utah) joined Democrats. Taiwan’s diplomatic outpost in Washington didn’t immediately respond to questions from NatSec Daily. “It's very justified for Taiwan to be concerned" about Trump’s comments, said LYLE MORRIS , a former China director at the Pentagon under both Biden and Trump. "It gives room for interpretation that Trump is willing to accommodate China on arms sales.” Others close to Trump stressed that an actual change in policy isn’t going to happen. ALEX GRAY , who served on the National Security Council in Trump’s first term, said abandoning Taiwan “would be the end of American power in Asia” and had a “zero percent chance.” A senior White House official told reporters Sunday that Trump has approved more arms sales to Taiwan than Biden. That’s true — Trump approved a previous $11 billion package in December, which was the largest arms sale to Taiwan in history. But the AP’s Aamer Madhani and Siminia Minstreanu note today that bottlenecks in U.S. defense industry production mean that delivery of those systems could be years away. Taiwan’s own defense spending has also become part of the debate in Washington. Taiwanese President LAI CHING-TE pushed for a $40 billion special defense budget. Instead, opposition lawmakers who control the country’s legislature reduced that spending to $25 billion last week. The Trump official told reporters Taiwan’s defense budget “was disappointing in that there was some stuff left on the cutting room floor that we believe still needs to be funded.” Those words should be a blinking red light, said JASON HSU , a former Taiwanese lawmaker for the main opposition Nationalist Party, or KMT, now at the Hudson Institute. “It gives Xi Jinping an area that he can exploit,” Hsu said. |
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Here’s how Trump’s meeting with Xi could spark a crisis over Taiwan
Trump’s domestic woes and the Iran war raise the risk that Chinese leader Xi Jinping may try to swap economic sweeteners for a backtrack on U.S.-Taiwan ties.
By Phelim Kine and Megan Messerly
05/11/2026 05:00 AM EDT
President Donald Trump has teased his upcoming summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as “potentially historic.” If the U.S. president doesn’t choose his words carefully, he could make history by overturning decades of delicate diplomacy over Taiwan.
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Some U.S. lawmakers are trying to insulate Taiwan from potential summit horsetrading. Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) introduced a resolution last month urging the administration to “maintain the longstanding United States policy on Taiwan.” Coons declined to comment on any specific Taiwan-related outreach to the White House, and Ricketts didn’t respond to a request for further comment.
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Still, if Trump makes a broad statement that appears to change U.S.-Taiwan ties, it may not result in actual policy change. Aides to then-President Biden scrambled to walk back his assertions on four separate occasions that the U.S. would defend Taiwan militarily in the event of Chinese aggression against Taiwan (a violation of the “strategic ambiguity” policy aimed to keep Beijing guessing as to how the U.S. would react in such a scenario).
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2026年5月14日週四
美國：
…1. 未同意設定終止對台軍售的日期
…2. 未同意就對台軍售議題向中華人民共和國徵詢意見
…3. 不會在台北與北京之間擔任斡旋角色
…4. 未同意修訂《台灣關係法》
…5. 未改變關於台灣主權的立場。
…6. 不會對台施壓，要求台灣與中華人民共和國進行談判
「六項保證」始終是美國對台及對中政策的根本要素。
Why Trump’s comment on discussing taiwan arms sales with china has raised concerns
U.S. President Donald Trump’s comment that he is discussing potential arms sales to Taiwan with Chinese President Xi Jinping is raising concerns in Taipei as the island democracy relies on U.S. backing in the face of China ’s territorial claims.
On Monday [February 16], Trump told journalists he is discussing the potential sales with the Chinese leader, an unexpected statement that experts say might violate decades-old foreign policy principles defining the United States’ relationship with self-ruled Taiwan.
“I’m talking to him about it. We had a good conversation, and we’ll make a determination pretty soon,” Trump said when asked about Xi’s opposition to the arms sales. He added he has “a very good relationship with President Xi.”
His comments have stirred a debate among some experts and politicians about whether this signals a potential change in U.S. policy toward Taiwan ahead of Trump’s planned visit to China in April. Here is some context:
A ‘dangerous precedent’?
Trump consulting Xi about arms sales to Taiwan may violate the so-called Six Assurances, a set of non-binding U.S. policy principles formulated in 1982 under President Ronald Reagan that have helped to guide the U.S. relationship with Taipei, said William Yang, a senior Northeast Asia analyst for the International Crisis Group.
The second of the Six Assurances states that the U.S. “did not agree to consult with the People’s Republic of China on arms sales to Taiwan.”
“That basically has been executed by several U.S. presidents after Ronald Reagan to justify and continue the arms sales to Taiwan without actually discussing the topic with China over the past few decades,” Yang said.
He added that Trump may be creating a “dangerous precedent” allowing for Beijing to make demands regarding U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.
Taiwan’s government, which is observing a weeklong Lunar New Year holiday, has not reacted to Trump’s statements.
China has condemned record U.S. arms sales to Taiwan
The tensions are rooted in China’s claims over Taiwan, which China says needs to be annexed, by force if necessary. Beijing prohibits any country it has diplomatic relations with from having formal ties with Taipei and regularly sends warships and military aircraft near the island.
Despite not having official ties with Taiwan, the U.S. is the island’s biggest informal backer and arms supplier. It is obligated by domestic law to provide Taiwan with sufficient hardware to deter any armed attack from the mainland.
In December, the Trump administration announced a record-breaking arms sales package to Taiwan worth more than $11 billion.
China bristled at the deal, and in a phone conversation with Trump earlier this month, Xi warned that “the U.S. must handle the issue of arms sales to Taiwan with prudence.”
Xi also stressed that “the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations,” according to a readout of their call published by the Chinese foreign ministry.
Three pillars of U.S.-Taiwan relations
In the absence of formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan, U.S. policies toward the self-ruled island are based on three pillars, said Lev Nachman, a political science professor at National Taiwan University.
The first pillar, and the only one that’s been formalized into law, is the Taiwan Relations Act. It was passed by Congress in 1979, the year the U.S. established formal diplomatic relations with China and severed ties with Taiwan. The act binds the U.S. to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself while regarding all threats to the island as a security concern.
Secondly, the Three Communiques are three sets of statements by the U.S. and Chinese governments in the 1970s and 1980s that cover a variety of topics including Taiwan. Through the communiques, the U.S. acknowledges that there is only one China without recognizing Beijing’s sovereignty over Taiwan. The Three Communiques form the basis of U.S. strategic ambiguity on Taiwan, leaving the U.S. with room to support the island while not breaking its diplomatic agreements with China.
Finally, the Six Assurances were formulated as a means to reassure Taiwan of continued U.S. support, and they are believed to have been upheld by all U.S. presidents since Reagan.
Trump’s comments give the impression that China may have a say in the quantity of arms sales to Taiwan, said Hoo Tiang Boon, an associate professor of international relations at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
“Even if eventually the U.S. will approve whatever arms sales packages to Taiwan, it is a disturbing development, particularly from the perspective of Taiwan because it sounds like it would be an issue that would be bargained away,” Hoo said.
Taiwan to feature prominently in Trump’s China visit
Trump is set to make his first trip to China in his current term in April, and Taiwan likely will feature prominently during his meetings with Xi, along with issues such as trade and access to advanced technologies.
Uncertainty about whether Trump will address the issue of arms sales to Taiwan during his visit is set to amplify skepticism on the island about whether the U.S. would intervene in a potential Chinese attack, Yang said.
“This further surge of skepticism, anxiety about the United States within Taiwan is exactly what China would be aiming for,” he added.
The island’s independence-leaning government led by President Lai Ching-te is already having a hard time securing payment for the existing U.S. arms sales packages, with the budget stalled in parliament.
Taiwan’s opposition lawmakers said Monday they would review a $40 billion special defense budget once they reconvene after the holiday on Feb. 23.
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This version corrects Trump’s quote to “I’m talking to him about it. We had a good conversation” from the previous versions that incorrectly quoted him as saying “I’ve talked to him about it, made a good conversation.”
May 15, 2026, 10:30 a.m. ET May 15, 2026
Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan
Trump discussed Taiwan arms sales with Xi ‘in great detail.’
President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had discussed U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing, a step that may have tested Washington’s decades-old assurance to Taiwan not to “consult” on the sensitive topic with China.
Speaking to journalists aboard Air Force One after his departure from Beijing, Mr. Trump was asked if the topic of U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan came up during the two-day summit with Mr. Xi. Mr. Trump offered somewhat contradictory answers, saying at first: “No, I didn’t say anything about it,” then, moments later, saying that the arms sales had been discussed with Mr. Xi “in great detail.”
Since 1979, Taiwan has received American weapons worth tens of billions of dollars. Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its territory, objects to those arms sales. In 1982, the United States broadened its support of Taiwan with a document known as the Six Assurances, one of which said Washington “has not agreed to consult with” China on arms sales to Taiwan.
Asked about the 1982 commitment, Mr. Trump appeared to downplay its relevance.
“Well, I think the 1980s is a long way,” Mr. Trump said, apparently referring to that commitment. “That’s a big, far distance.”
Mr. Trump told reporters the Chinese leader had brought up the issue of arms sales. “So what am I going to do?” he said. “Say ‘I don’t want to talk to you about it’? Because I have an agreement that was signed in 1982? No, we discussed arms sales.”
Mr. Trump added: “You know, the whole thing with the arms sales was in great detail, actually.”
Mr. Trump has delayed giving final approval for American companies to sell Taiwan weapons worth about $14 billion. His latest comments — which suggest he is weighing Mr. Xi’s objections — are likely to magnify uncertainty in Taiwan about whether or when the deal will be approved.
Mr. Trump said he would make a decision on that issue. But he also added: “I think the last thing we need right now is a war that’s 9,500 miles away. I think that’s the last thing we need.”
This week, Mr. Xi told Mr. Trump that their countries’ dispute over Taiwan, if handled poorly, could lead to conflict and “an extremely dangerous situation.” In a phone call in February, Mr. Xi warned Mr. Trump about those arms sales, telling him to handle the issue with “extreme caution.”
Mr. Trump had earlier signed off on an $11 billion sale late last year, a move that angered Beijing.
What precisely was discussed between Mr. Trump and Mr. Xi was not yet clear, said Bonnie S. Glaser, the managing director of the Indo-Pacific Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, who specializes in Taiwan policy. “We’re going to have to try and read between the lines, read the tea leaves,” she said.
“But my takeaway or preliminary assessment is that Xi Jinping was quite forceful in expressing his concern about U.S. arms sales to Taiwan,” she said. “I think Xi Jinping sees an opportunity to get the United States not only to delay arms, but potentially to reduce them and maybe not sell arms for a long period of time.”
President Trump has come under pressure from a group of U.S. lawmakers, who on Friday urged the president to formally notify Congress of the $14 billion arms package. They noted that Taiwan’s legislature had recently approved $25 billion in special funding to pay for the missiles and other weapons from the United States.
“Ahead of your summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week, we urge you and your team to make clear that America’s support for Taiwan is inviolable,” the senators wrote.
During the summit, Mr. Trump did not publicly discuss America’s support for Taiwan. And on Air Force One, when asked if he would defend Taiwan in a conflict, Mr. Trump held to the “strategic ambiguity” that American presidents have long maintained: neither denying nor confirming whether Washington would intervene in such a war.
不必陷入撰文者無端的假想，讓台灣人陷入恐慌。
雷根六項保證仍然有效。
美國：
…1. 未同意設定終止對台軍售的日期
…2. 未同意就對台軍售議題向中華人民共和國徵詢意見
…3. 不會在台北與北京之間擔任斡旋角色
…4. 未同意修訂《台灣關係法》
…5. 未改變關於台灣主權的立場。
…6. 不會對台施壓，要求台灣與中華人民共和國進行談判
「六項保證」始終是美國對台及對中政策的根本要素。
Taiwan must sever ties with the ROC and act independently in order to resolve historical issues.
台灣必須與ROC切割並各自為政，才能解決歷史問題。
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Interview: Bret Baier Interviews Donald Trump in Beijing for Fox News - May 15, 2026
Bret Baier [sic] [此處應是Donald Trump]
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No Signal (0)
Bret Baier
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No Signal (0)
But you are waiting on approving billions of dollars of weapons for Taiwan. Is that moving forward?
No StressLens
[Crosstalk]
Donald Trump
00:05:57-00:06:00 (3 sec)
No StressLens
That's, well, I have not approved it yet. We are going to see what happens.
Bret Baier
00:06:00-00:06:02 (1 sec)
No StressLens
What do you looking for?
Donald Trump
00:06:02-00:06:03 (2 sec)
No StressLens
I may do it. I may not do it.
Bret Baier
00:06:03-00:06:04 (1 sec)
No StressLens
Yes, what's your hinge point?
Donald Trump
00:06:04-00:06:19 (15 sec)
Medium (1.556)
Well, I'm not going to say that. But I may do it, I may not do it. But we are not looking to have wars, and we are, if you kept it the way it is, I think China is going to be OK with that. But we are not looking to have somebody say let's go independent, because the United States is backing us. You know?
Bret Baier
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No StressLens
So, President Xi probably liked that you have not approved the weapons to Taiwan.
Donald Trump
00:06:25-00:06:45 (20 sec)
No Signal (0.775)
I would say like is maybe too strong a word, because he thinks I could do it with just the signing of my signature, -------- No, I'm holding that in abeyance, and it depends on China. Depends, it's a, it's a very good negotiating chip for us, frankly. It's a lot of weapons, it's $12 [sic] billion.
Donald Trump
00:06:45-00:07:22 (37 sec)
Weak (1.432)
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Operations Conform to Facts and Laws China is seizing Taiwan using the Crimean model of infiltration, occupation, takeover, and referendum; disregarding United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262 (March 27, 2014), which declared the Crimean referendum to belong to Russia invalid. The current situation in Taiwan is similar to the "parliamentary coup" in Crimea in 2014, but Taiwan's affiliation can be determined by historical facts and existing laws: Taiwan belongs neither to the Republic of China (ROC) or Chinese Taipe in exile in Taipei, nor to the People’s Republic of China. This current situation is based on the following facts and laws: The Allied Headquarters General Order No. 1 (1945), the Allied Treaty of Peace with Japan (1952), UN Resolution 2758 (1971), the U.S. public law Taiwan Relations Act (1979), the Taiwan Travel Act (2018), the TAIPEI Act (2019), and the annual National Defense Authorization Act all confirm that neither the ROC nor the PRC has sovereignty over Taiwan, and Taiwan's sovereignty remains undetermined today. President Trump, leading a delegation to China, stated that China is very firm on the issue of Taiwan independence, while the Secretary of State said: China has stated that the unification of Taiwan will be decided by a referendum of the Taiwanese people. Legally, Taiwan is not part of any country and is not suitable for independence. The Taiwanese people need the guidance and assistance of the occupying power (US) to establish a Taiwan Government or a US-Taiwan State Government to govern Taiwan. Taiwanese officers and soldiers should be reorganized into the Taiwan Defense Force, and the ROC government-in-exile and its core members, the Chinese Revolutionary Party (KMT), should be repatriated to Kinmen and Matsu. The Taiwan Strait median line should be used as the boundary, with China and Taiwan governing independently.
Seashon Chen, Ph.D. Taiwan (Formosa) International Volunteers Regiment 2026/05/17
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符合事實及法律的行動 中國正在進行滲透、佔領、接管、公投的克里米亞模式奪取Taiwan (Formosa and the Pescadores)；不顧於聯合國大會(2014/03/27)第68/262號決議(United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262) 克里米亞歸屬俄國的全民公投無效。 Taiwan當前的局勢有如2014年克里米亞的「國會政變」，但Taiwan的歸屬可由歷史事實及既有法律判定：Taiwan既不歸屬流亡台北的Republic of China (ROC) or Chinese Taipe也不歸屬People’s Republic of China. 這現況依據的事實及法律如次：二戰同盟國《總部第一號命令》(1945)，同盟國《對日本和平條約》(1952)，聯合國2758決議(1971)，美國公法《台灣關係法》(1979)，《台灣旅歷法》(2018)，《TAIPEI Act》(2019)，及每年的《國防授權法》都證實ROC及PRC都沒有台灣的主權，台灣的主權至今未定。 帶隊訪問中國的川普總統表示中國對於Taiwan獨立的問題非常強硬，而國務卿說：中國表示Taiwan的統一將由台灣人民公投決定。法理上，Taiwan不是那一個國家的一部分，不適用獨立方式建國。Taiwan people需要principal佔領國(US)的輔導及協助成立Taiwan Government或US Taiwan State Government治理台灣。整編台籍(台灣出生)的官兵為台灣防衛軍，遣返ROC流亡政府及其骨幹中國革命黨(KMT)回去金門及馬祖。以台海中線為邊界，中國and台灣各自為政。
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‘No way to stay out’: Marcos on Philippines if China-Taiwan war erupts
Jean Mangaluz - Philstar.com
August 7, 2025 | 11:07am
NEW DELHI, India — The Philippines cannot stay out of the way should a war break out between Taiwan and China, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said.
Speaking to local media in India, Marcos was asked if he was open to allowing US resources and bases to be used to defend Taiwan should China invade the island.
Marcos sidestepped the question on US intervention, instead explaining the country's precarious position in the event of a war.
“To be very practical about it, if there is a confrontation over Taiwan between China and the United States, there is no way that the Philippines can stay out of it, simply because of our physical geographic location,” Marcos told Firstpost.
Marcos said that Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is a mere 40-minute flight from Laoag, Philippines.
“If you think about it, if there is an all-out war, then we will be joined into it. And I assure you with the greatest hesitation, but again, we will have to defend our territory and our sovereignty,” Marcos said.
The president also cited the large volume of Filipinos working in Taiwan. An invasion from China would also spell a humanitarian crisis for the Philippines.
Around 160,000 Filipinos reside in Taiwan.
Should they find themselves in areas of conflict, Marcos said that he would immediately mobilize everything he could to bring their people out.
China has previously warned the Philippines away from making comments about Taiwan, saying that those who make unfounded comments could be playing with fire. This was after Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. told the military to make preparations should China invade Taiwan.
While the administration has stated that it recognizes the One China policy, certain developments have been perceived by some as acknowledging Taiwan's position.
This includes Marcos’ congratulatory post to Taiwan President Lai Ching-te when he won in the elections.
Appendix II
PBBM: PH adheres to One China policy, won’t interfere in Taiwan
Philippine News Agency
Republic of the Philippines
By Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos
May 19, 2026, 10:00 am
MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has reaffirmed the Philippines’ adherence to the One China Policy and stressed that the country would not interfere in issues concerning Taiwan.
In an interview with Japanese media on Monday [May 18], Marcos said the Philippines has consistently observed the One China Policy, which recognizes the People’s Republic of China as the only Chinese sovereign state.
“I have to make it very clear. The Philippines has, from the very start, always held a one-China policy. We have always held a one-China policy, and we will continue to do that,” Marcos said.
Marcos said the Philippines does not meddle in what it considers an internal matter but continues to call for the peaceful resolution of tensions involving Taiwan.
“What we counsel everyone involved is that any conflicts be resolved peacefully. And again, it all revolves in peace. And that is, I think, what everyone's ultimate goal is in Japan, the Philippines, and all the countries around the region,” he said.
Marcos made the statement, as he acknowledged that any confrontation involving Taiwan would affect the Philippines because of its geographic proximity and the presence of nearly 200,000 Filipinos living and residing there.
He said the Philippines wants to avoid any confrontation or hostilities around Taiwan, warning that conflict could affect “northern Luzon and probably the rest of Luzon.”
“We do not want to be involved in any conflict,” Marcos said.
“If there is actual confrontation, if there is conflict, just looking at the map, you can tell that the northern Philippines at the very least is going to be part of that or will feel the effects. I can just put it that way,” he added.
Marcos emphasized the importance of cooperation among countries in the Indo-Pacific region to maintain peace and stability.
Marcos said maintaining peace remains the common objective of countries in the region, including the Philippines and Japan.
“We continue to engage all stakeholders in this, and that is important. Because no country can fix this problem or put this problem to rest by itself. It really has to be the cooperation of all the stakeholders of all the countries that are in the region,” Marcos said.
He said the Philippines continues to engage China, through diplomatic channels and regular dialogue between foreign ministers.