Taiwan’s foreign ministry says that it welcomes potential opportunities that result from the US Indo-Pacific Transparency Initiative. Foreign ministry spokesperson Joanne Ou says that the US unveiled the initiative at the 35^th ASEAN Summit on Monday morning in Bangkok.

In it, the US Government outlines plans to actively coordinate with Australia, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan. The foreign ministry says that it welcomes any opportunity to strengthen ties with the US, and that it will work to fortify cooperation under the US’ Indo-Pacific Strategy.

Ou says that included in the initiative was a fact sheet that listed two key projects jointly held by the US and Taiwan. The first was the U.S.-Taiwan Consultations on Democratic Governance in the Indo-Pacific Region, and the second was the Global Cooperation Training Framework. Both were held in September.