Vaccine doses sent to Taiwan are loaded onto a Japan Airlines Co. aircraft at Narita Airport on June 4. (The Asahi Shimbun/ Hiroyuki Kamisawa)
TAIPEI Taiwan will be a “force for good” and continue to seek even greater international support, the presidential office said, after the Chinese-claimed island won unprecedented backing from the Group of Seven of major democracies.
The G-7 leaders on Sunday scolded China over human rights in Xinjiang, called for Hong Kong to keep a high degree of autonomy and underscored the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
Taiwan presidential office spokesman Xavier Chang said this was the first time the G-7 leaders’ communique has stressed the importance of peace and stability in the strait and first time since its founding there was “content friendly to Taiwan,” expressing deep thanks for the support.
In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, Myanmar s leader Aung San Suu Kyi waits to address judges of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo)
The trial of Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was set to start on Monday, as the junta that overthrew her elected government rejected criticism by the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights over its use of deadly force against protesters.
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the junta seized power on Feb. 1 and detained Suu Kyi and other senior members of her party, unleashing daily protests and fighting between the armed forces and ethnic minority guerrilla forces and militias.