Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen emphasized on Monday that Taipei and Beijing must learn to peacefully to coexist peacefully and engage in a long-term dialog. This was reported by UNN with reference to Associated Press.
We do not provoke and we do not give up. We have earned the trust of the international community through unprecedented credibility and deepened cooperation with our democratic partners. democratic partners. We hope that both sides of the Taiwan Strait will restore a healthy and sustainable relationship. We also hope that both sides will work together to will seek a long-term and stable path of peaceful coexistence under conditions of peace, parity, democracy, and dialogue
Speaking about shaping relations with China in the future, she said that they should be determined by democratic procedures for making the final decision, because Taiwan is a democratic country.
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Soon, elections will be held in Taiwan will soon hold elections, which are less than two weeks away. The election will determine the future of the self-governing island's relations with China.
Beijing continues to to claim that Taiwan is part of its territory. Chinese President Xi Jinping in his New Year's address to the nation announced his intention to reunite Taiwan and China. Earlier, Xi Jinping said that China would never rule out the use of force to take control of Taiwan.