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After PNG asked Taiwan’s resident personnel to leave the country within a deadline, Taiwan took the initiative to close the representative office and withdraw its personnel; Qiu Chuzheng criticized the CCP for suppressing Taiwan’s diplomatic space and stressed that Taiwan would not back down.
The government of Papua New Guinea demands Taiwanese personnel stationed in Papua New Guinea to leave the country within a deadline and promotes the closure of the station. Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced yesterday that it will voluntarily close the representative office in Papua New Guinea, withdraw all deployed personnel, and end technical cooperation and assistance schemes. Qiu Chuizheng, chairman of Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council, said today,Communist Party of China They will do whatever they can to hinder and suppress Taiwan’s diplomatic space, but Taiwan will not back down.
On the afternoon of the 7th, Qiu Chuizheng accepted a joint interview with the media after attending the opening event of the “2026 Friends Hong Kong Festival Market” organized by the Taiwan-Hong Kong Initiative Association. In response to Taiwan closing its representative office in Papua New Guinea, Qiu Chuizheng said it was clear evidence that the Chinese Communist Party has once again suppressed Taiwan’s diplomatic space. he insisted,Republic of China It is a sovereign country and is not affiliated with the People’s Republic of China. Taiwan has never been a part of the People’s Republic of China and the People’s Republic of China has no right to represent Taiwan in the international community.
Qiu Chuzheng stressed that the Chinese Communist Party has used all possible means to continuously disrupt and suppress Taiwan’s diplomatic space. Taiwan will not retreat, nor will it stop participating in the international community and participating in important diplomatic activities of the international community.
Chiu Chui-cheng said that the government had predicted that the Chinese Communist Party would continue to suppress Taiwan’s diplomatic space through so-called international “One China”. One of the methods is to use countries in the Global South that support the Chinese Communist Party to demand the removal of Taiwan’s representative offices and foreign embassies. But whatever happens, Taiwan is recognized as the world’s most benevolent power. Taiwan is ready to give back to the international community. She will not be afraid of the CCP’s unfair repression and will not back down from it. It will continue to strengthen Taiwan’s right to participate in the international community.
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Because the Papua New Guinea government requires Taiwanese personnel stationed in Taiwan to leave the country within a deadline and promotes the closure of the station, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it will proactively close the representative office in response to changes in the local situation.
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In addition to closing the representative office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also withdrew all deployed personnel and basically ended locally promoted technical cooperation and assistance schemes, indicating a broader adjustment of diplomatic arrangements with Papua New Guinea.
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Qiu Chuzheng believed this was clear evidence that the Chinese Communist Party was once again suppressing Taiwan’s diplomatic space, and reiterated that the Republic of China is a sovereign country and not affiliated with the People’s Republic of China, and Taiwan will not back down.
