Taiwan, EU Officials Pledge to Work Together on Undersea Cables, Resilience

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A pro-Taiwan group of European lawmakers met today in Taipei, where they announced a new Taiwan-EU agreement on protecting undersea cables and promoting greater integration between Taiwan and the continent.

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00:00Taiwanese officials and members of the Formosa Club, a group of pro-Taiwan European lawmakers,

00:05have announced new security initiatives.

00:08Now all of these efforts take place in a global context

00:11where the security of the Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic regions

00:17have never been more closely linked.

00:21Taiwan, positioned in the front lines of authoritarian expansion,

00:25remains unwavering in its commitment to democracy.

00:30The main item was an agreement on managing risks for undersea cables.

00:35This is an area of growing concern in both Europe and Asia

00:37due to suspected hostilities by China and Russia.

00:41Speakers focused on boosting societal resilience, resisting grey zone tactics,

00:45and expanding trade between democracies.

00:48A Latvian official also gave an update on Taiwan's drone diplomacy in Eastern Europe.

00:52He said drones are an important dual-use technology for both civilians and military

00:57that Europe is considering.

01:00This is a really, I would say, a tectonic shift.

01:04I think there's a lot of opening up that we are right now fine-tuning.

01:08But yes, the time is of essence, and this is something that,

01:12at least in European Parliament, everyone says,

01:14let's approve and let's start to implement.

01:19Members of the Formosa Club have wrapped up their visit to Taipei,

01:22and they say they will continue promoting Taiwan-EU ties after their visit.

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