ROC (Taiwan) urges Singapore and other nations in region to make greatest possible effort to maintain regional status quo and peace and stability

ROC (Taiwan) urges Singapore and other nations in region to make greatest possible effort to maintain regional status quo and peace and stability

• Date：2025-09-20
• Data Source：Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs

September 20, 2025

No. 354

In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong stated that peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the maintenance of the status quo had a crucial impact on Asia and the world.

The ROC (Taiwan) government calls on Singapore and other like-minded nations to continue to pay attention to Taiwan Strait security, regional stability, and world peace.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) reiterates that the ROC (Taiwan) is a sovereign and independent nation and that Taiwan's future will be collectively determined by the people of Taiwan. The international community considers this principle an objective fact and a matter of consensus.

MOFA emphasizes that, having long faced China's military threats and diplomatic suppression, Taiwan will firmly defend its national sovereignty and democratic values, resisting authoritarian expansion and safeguarding Taiwan Strait peace and stability in accordance with the common interests of Singapore and other nations within the region and across the globe.

MOFA appreciates that the international community continues to focus on the Taiwan Strait situation and regional peace and lend support to the rules-based international order through concrete action. The government of Taiwan will spare no effort in promoting integrated diplomacy so as to deepen cooperation with like-minded nations and jointly advance democracy, peace, and prosperity throughout the Indo-Pacific. (E)