The Australian government explained that its position on Taiwan’s attempt to join the comprehensive and advanced agreement of the Pacific partnership has not changed, according to the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
A spokeswoman for the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Joan O, said that Kanbra expressed her welcome to all economic entities that meet the high standards of the regional trade agreement to join the bloc -according to what was reported by the Taiwanese Central News Agency on Friday.
The clarification came at the request of Taipei after the statements of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albaniz at the Summit of the Economic Cooperation Forum for Asia and the Pacific (APEC) in Bangkok earlier Friday, in which he said that “the comprehensive and advanced agreement of the Pacific Partnership is a relationship between recognized nation -states. ” When journalists asked him if Australia was supporting Taiwan’s participation.
He added that “Taiwan is represented here (in your father) as an economy,” noting that Taiwan cannot join the trading agreement across the Pacific and that Australia may reject its request because it is not a “recognized” national state. ”
The Australian government later made an explanation of the comments and welcomed by the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not refer to the source of the clarification and the Australian government did not issue any public statement in this sense.
The spokeswoman added that Taiwan will continue to request support from the members of the agreement – including Australia – to include it.
Earlier in the day, the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated that what the Prime Minister said is inconsistent with the rules of the agreement stipulated in 2019 that the new members must be approved by all the current members.
According to Dibagh Al -Ittihad, “any separate country or customs zone may join this agreement.
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A spokeswoman for the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs added that the eligibility of Taiwan as a submitted application for joining the agreement was not appealed by 11 members of the organization since the state submitted its application in 2021.
On the contrary, it indicated that the United States and Japan made public statements that recognize Taiwan’s ability to fulfill the relevant international obligations, as well as praising its adherence to the democratic values adopted by the members of the agreement.
One of the largest commercial blocs in the world is the comprehensive and advanced agreement of the Pacific partnership in the Pacific Partnership, which represents a market of 500 million people and represents 13.
5 percent of global trade.
Any new accession to the agreement requires 11 members of the agreement unanimously, namely Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam..
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