Zhang Zhongmou APEC and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida bilateral talks and Lee Hsien Loong talk and laugh in the same frame Photo Exposure-International-Central News Agency

The APEC annual meeting was held this week in Bangkok, Thailand. TSMC founder Zhang Zhongmou represented Taiwan at the Economic Leaders Meeting. In addition to meeting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, he thanked Japan for reaffirming the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait in various international arenas. Zhang Zhongmou and his wife also spoke to Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on the sidelines, and Lee also generously shared the same framed photo on Facebook.

Zhang Zhongmou attended the first closed-door meeting of business leaders today and had a dialogue with representatives of the Business Advisory Council (ABAC); she also held bilateral talks with Fumio Kishida to exchange views on issues affecting both sides.

Zhang Zhongmou said that Taiwan and Japan lend each other a helping hand in times of disaster and hardship. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the two sides have even provided each other with valuable medical supplies such as masks, protective clothing and vaccines in the first place, demonstrating mutual trust, intimate friendship of mutual help.

During the talks, Zhang Zhongmou and Kishida Fumio also exchanged views on the global situation and achievements of Taiwan-Japan economic and trade cooperation. Kishida Fumio said that Taiwan will continue to deepen cooperation and daily exchanges, and the two sides are actively exploring various possibilities.

Zhang Zhongmou also thanked Japan for reiterating the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait in various international arenas, and asked Japan to continue supporting Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Assembly (WHA). , the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and other major international organizations and agreements; Taiwan has a high degree of willingness and ability to meet the high standards of the CPTPP, and is willing to continue to strengthen cooperation with Japan and develop other like-minded countries to jointly maintain and promote peace, stability and prosperity in the Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific region.

In addition, Zhang Zhongmou and his wife will also meet with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong today. According to Lee Hsien Loong’s photo on Facebook, the three are sitting on a single-seat sofa talking and laughing happily, and the atmosphere is harmonious.

Lee Hsien Loong pointed out that the last time the three of them drank tea together was at the APEC Leaders Summit in Papua New Guinea in 2018. At that time, Zhang Zhongmou was also a representative of Chinese Taipei. (Publisher: Pan Yijing) 1111118