He also said global democracies must unite against “authoritarian expansion”.
Taiwan president Lai Ching-te receives a map of Taiwan from British MP Sarah Champion at the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China summit.
While Taipei officially has only a dozen diplomatic allies, it has strengthened partnerships with democracies around the world – especially the United States, its largest weapons provider – as Beijing ups the rhetoric of unification being “inevitable”. “They send a crucial message to democratic partners worldwide: democracy requires unity and protection,” he said.
Mr Lai has repeatedly made overtures for dialogue with Beijing – severed after his predecessor Tsai Ing-wen came into office in 2016 for her stance that Taiwan is not part of China.
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