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U.S., Japan reiterate importance of maintaining peace across Taiwan Strait

ROC Central News Agency

01/14/2023 12:20 PM

Washington, Nov. 13 (CNA) The United States and Japan on Friday reiterated that the maintaining of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is an indispensable element of security and prosperity in the international community.

The joint statement was released by the White House after a meeting in Washington D.C. between U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to discuss the U.S.-Japan alliance and security issues, including the situation in the Taiwan Strait.

"We emphasize that our basic positions on Taiwan remain unchanged, and reiterate the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait as an indispensable element of security and prosperity in the international community," the statement said.

"We encourage the peaceful resolution of cross-Strait issues," the statement added.

During the meeting, Biden and Kishida reaffirmed that their alliance remains the cornerstone of peace, security and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.

However, they also recognized that the challenges the two countries face transcend geography, particularly as a result of the Russian war in Ukraine.

"United across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, we have stood together in firm opposition to Russia's unjust and brutal war of aggression against Ukraine, and we will continue to impose sanctions on Russia, and provide unwavering support for Ukraine," the statement said.

According to the White House statement, the two leaders also exchanged their views about the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), a U.S.-led multilateral partnership involving 13 other countries that has been touted as a bulwark against China's growing economic influence in the region.

"As inclusive democracies, we will ensure economic prosperity is broadly shared across our societies and recommit to achieving gender equity and equality as well as women's empowerment," it said.

Meanwhile, Biden and Kishida also urged China to do its part to report adequate and transparent epidemiological and viral genomic sequence data regarding the spread of COVID-19, to enable public health officials around the world to be prepared to identify any potential new variants and to reduce their spread.

(By Chiang Chin-yeh and Ko Lin)

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