UnveiledChina (@Unveiled_ChinaX) “Eight democracies. One message to Beijing. Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Ne” — TopicDigg

Eight democracies. One message to Beijing. Australia, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, South Korea and the UK issued a joint statement on September 22 opposing any unilateral change to the Taiwan Strait status quo. It came out of a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, where officials called today's security environment more volatile than a year ago. Their language was direct: "We encourage dialogue and oppose any unilateral attempts to change the status quo across the Taiwan Strait." The same day, the US, Japan and South Korea issued a separate statement making the same point, and also backing Taiwan's participation in international organizations. Taiwan's foreign ministry welcomed the statement and said it would keep building self-defense and deepen ties with democratic partners.