Taipei [Taiwan] September 17 (ANI): Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Wednesday welcomed and expressed appreciation for the European Parliament’s recognition of Taiwan’s resilience and technological capabilities in a report titled ‘Findings and Recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield (EUDS),’ in accordance with a report by Central News Agency (CNA).
As cited by the CNA report, the doc, which was launched on Tuesday, described Taiwan as a like-minded companion that has began establishing rules and frameworks to guard data integrity, drawing on democratic values, media pluralism and human rights.
The doc said that Taiwan is a ‘main companion when it comes to situational consciousness’ and highlighted its efforts to conduct civil defence and resilience workout routines in response to what it described as China’s rising use of gray-zone warfare ways.
According to CNA, the report stated Taiwan’s whole-of-society method and the expertise it has gained by way of its greatest practices may help the European Union in growing preparedness measures and enhance the general effectiveness of the European Democracy Shield.
The European Parliament doc additionally pointed to Taiwan’s ‘main function’ in high-tech improvement, together with its intensive expertise in responding to China’s hybrid assaults and international data manipulation and interference (FIMI), as talked about within the CNA report.
It advisable that related safety points be mentioned by way of common exchanges and referred to as for stronger cooperation with like-minded East Asian companions, together with Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. The cooperation would give attention to countering FIMI and addressing the potential sabotage of undersea cables.
In a press release issued on Wednesday, Taiwan’s MOFA thanked the European Parliament for its recognition and assist. The ministry stated Taiwan would proceed strengthening exchanges and cooperation with the European Union and different like-minded companions to be able to reply to data manipulation and hybrid threats from authoritarian regimes.
MOFA additionally said, as reported by CNA, that Taiwan would proceed contributing to peace, stability and prosperity within the Indo-Pacific area in addition to globally.
The ministry recalled that the EUDS Special Committee travelled to Taiwan in July 2025 as a part of its first go to to Asia. The delegation was headed by committee chair Nathalie Loiseau and held conferences with Taiwan President Lai Ching-te and Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung.
According to the CNA report, the discussions in the course of the delegation’s go to coated points together with societal resilience and efforts to counter international data manipulation and interference.
The European Parliament’s recognition and Taiwan’s response come as discussions proceed over strengthening democratic resilience, tackling data manipulation and responding to hybrid threats by way of nearer cooperation amongst like-minded companions. (ANI)