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The annual Yushan Forum took place once again on Monday. This year, the event was attended by nearly 70 delegates from 22 countries, the most since its launch. Notable guests included former Polish President Lech Wałęsa and Japanese Lawmaker Furuya Keiji. President Lai Ching-te’s opening remarks called on leveraging the combined advantages of democracies, economies and technologies, to build more resilient supply chains and economies.

Escorted by the foreign minister, President Lai Ching-te shakes hands with delegates at Yushan Forum, not least with Japanese lawmaker Furuya Keiji, Chair of Japan-ROC Diet Members’ Consultative Council and a regular at the event.

Co-organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Asia-Taiwan Exchange Foundation, the flagship event of the latter has grown bigger than ever since launching in 2017. The roster gathered almost 70 experts from 22 countries in Taipei. In opening remarks, the president emphasized the importance of cooperation between Taiwan and democracies in various fields.

Lai Ching-te
President
Taiwan strongly believes that there is no freedom without solidarity. Taiwan has been committed to uniting partners in democracy to collectively support a democratic umbrella. Our goal is to shield like-minded nations from the threats posed by authoritarian expansion.

The president also called on leveraging the combined advantages of democracies, economies and technologies, to build more resilient supply chains and economies.

Lai Ching-te
President
As we face rapid changes in global geopolitics, non-conventional threats and intensifying gray-zone aggression, Taiwan is determined to maintain regional peace and stability. We stand ready to walk alongside fellow democracies to demonstrate the strength of deterrence and achieve peace through strength.

The theme this year is “Indo-Pacific Partnership Prospects: Taiwan’s Values, Technologies and Resilience.” To demonstrate a shared commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region, Japanese Lawmaker Furuya Keiji proposed that the military bands of Japan, Taiwan and the US conduct cultural exchanges against China’s aggressions.

Furuya Keiji
Japan-ROC Diet Members’ Consultative Council
Today I would like to make a suggestion. It is cultural exchange between military bands from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, the Taiwanese military and the US military. This is purely cultural exchange and China has no right to say anything about it.

Lech Wałęsa
Former President of Poland
Peaceful means of resistance is more effective than resorting to the use of force. We must rebuild the world because the old ways are no longer suitable for the present.

In the face of escalating global conflicts, Poland’s first president elected by popular vote and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Lech Wałęsa emphasized peaceful solutions instead of war.

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