2024.05.17 17:49World eye

台湾総統就任式、8首脳が出席へ パラグアイと太平洋島しょ国

【台北AFP=時事】台湾政府は17日、20日に行われる頼清徳次期総統の就任式に出席する51の国と地域の代表団のうち、8か国は首脳が出席する予定だと発表した。(写真はパラグアイのサンティアゴ・ペニャ大統領)
 頼氏の就任式には、日米、カナダなど51のハイレベル代表団が派遣される。このうち、南米で唯一台湾と外交関係を結んでいるパラグアイのサンティアゴ・ペニャ大統領のほか、太平洋諸島からマーシャル諸島のヒルダ・ハイネ大統領、パラオのスランゲル・ウィップス・ジュニア大統領、ツバルのフェレティ・テオ新首相ら計8か国の首脳が出席する。
 現在、台湾を国家として承認し、外交関係を結んでいるのはバチカンを含む12か国のみ。
 過去4年間、蔡英文政権下で副総統を務めてきた頼氏は、中国から「危険な分離主義者」のレッテルを貼られている。中国は台湾全体を自国領と主張している。
 頼氏が1月の総統選で勝利した2日後、南太平洋の島国ナウルは台湾と断交し、中国と国交を樹立すると発表。以降、台湾政府は、中国の勢力拡大や安全保障上の取り込みが懸念される太平洋に残る同盟諸国に働き掛けを行っている。
 一方、パラグアイのペニャ大統領は昨年、自らの就任式前に台湾を訪問。また昨年9月の国連総会では、台湾の国連参加を求めるなど台湾を最も声高に支持する一人とされている。【翻訳編集AFPBBNews】
〔AFP=時事〕(2024/05/17-17:49)
2024.05.17 17:49World eye

Paraguay, Pacific island leaders to attend Taiwan inauguration


Eight heads of state will be among the 51 international delegations attending the inauguration of Taiwan's new leader next week, Taipei said Friday.
Incoming president Lai Ching-te will be sworn in on Monday against a backdrop of increasing diplomatic and military pressure from neighbour China, which claims the democratic island as part of its territory.
The eight leaders attending the inauguration include President Santiago Pena from Paraguay -- Taiwan's only diplomatic ally in South America -- as well as Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine, Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr and new Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo.
A total of 51 high-level delegations -- including from the United States, Japan and Canada -- will be part of the ceremony as a show of support for Taiwan's democracy.
Only 12 countries and states, including the Vatican, diplomatically recognise Taiwan, and China refuses to engage with governments that do.
During outgoing President Tsai Ing-wen's eight-year tenure, Beijing poached 10 of Taiwan's remaining allies in a bid to pressure her government over its rejection of China's claim on the self-ruled island.
Lai, who served as Tsai's vice president the past four years and maintains the same stance on Taiwan's sovereignty, has been labelled a dangerous separatist by Beijing.
Two days after he won the election in January, the Pacific Island nation of Nauru announced it was switching diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China.
Taipei has since made overtures to its remaining allies in the Pacific, where there has been heightened concern about Beijing's increasing reach and expanded security ties.
Paraguay's President Pena -- who last year visited Taiwan before his own inauguration -- will leave for Taipei on Saturday after an official trip to Washington, a high-ranking official told AFP Thursday.
The first head of state to confirm his attendance, Pena has been among Taiwan's most vocal supporters, calling in September for Taiwan's readmission to the United Nations.

最新ニュース

写真特集

最新動画