Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

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MOFA response to Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya reiterating importance of cross-strait peace and stability during bilateral meeting with China’s Foreign Minister Wang

MOFA response to Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya reiterating importance of cross-strait peace and stability during bilateral meeting with China's Foreign Minister Wang

  • Date：2025-07-14
  • Data Source：TAIWAN-JAPAN RELATIONS ASSOCIATION

July 11, 2025

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya on July 10 met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting in Malaysia. Foreign Minister Iwaya stressed that cross-strait peace and stability were important to Japan and the international community. China's large-scale military drills around Taiwan were incompatible with these goals, he said. He also reiterated opposition to any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo by force or coercion and stressed Japan's serious concern over China's expansion of naval and air activities near Japan and in the East China Sea, as these had contributed to a deteriorating regional situation.

China has repeatedly resorted to various pretexts to increase its threats and military intimidation of Taiwan, which has posed a serious challenge to security across the Taiwan Strait and in the region. This has elicited a great deal of international concern. In recent years, Japan has directly expressed its high level of concern over cross-strait and regional security during bilateral meetings with China. It has done so at the Japan-China summit meeting held alongside the ASEAN summit in Laos in October 2024, the Japan-China summit meeting held during the APEC summit in November 2024, as well as at the Japan-China foreign ministers' meeting this March in Tokyo. This shows that Japan, in accordance with its staunch support for cross-strait peace and stability, has consistently conveyed its position to China.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses welcome at the international community's continued use of concrete actions to uphold cross-strait security. Taiwan will continue to strengthen its self-defense capabilities and cooperate closely with like-minded countries to uphold international democracy, peace, and prosperity.

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