The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research recently co-hosted the 10th Ketagalan Forum: 2026 Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue, focusing on global democratic resilience, Indo-Pacific regional defense cooperation, and reshaping non-red supply chains. They also called on international allies to join hands in countering the Chinese Communist Party’s “National Unity and Progress Promotion Law”.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China released a press statement stating that the 10th Ketagalan Forum was successfully held and concluded on the 4th. This year’s forum focused on discussing global democratic resilience, addressing challenges in the gray zone, and reshaping global non-red supply chains, producing fruitful outcomes.
President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Lai Ching-te attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech, emphasizing Taiwan’s commitment to safeguarding democracy and freedom, maintaining regional peace, and promoting global prosperity.
Furthermore, President Lai Ching-te accepted a condemnation statement from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) Japan Co-Chair Gen Nakatani and Founder and Executive Director Luke de Pulford regarding the Chinese Communist Party’s “National Unity and Progress Promotion Law”. In his address, he reiterated Taiwan’s firm commitment to defending democracy and freedom, rejecting the CCP’s united front infiltration, and called on the international community to unite against the malign “National Unity and Progress Promotion Law”.
Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Hsiao Mei-chin delivered a speech during a luncheon on the 4th, pointing out that the CCP’s “National Unity and Progress Promotion Law” seeks to export surveillance and provide a legal basis for transnational repression, posing a threat to universal values and international rule of law. She appealed to all democratic partners to unite against the expansion of authoritarianism and transnational repression.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Joseph Wu, in his opening remarks, emphasized that this year’s forum coincides with the 10th anniversary of its establishment and the 30th anniversary of direct presidential elections in Taiwan, symbolizing the accumulation of democratic resilience. Confronting the CCP’s shift from military expansion to cyber security and cognitive operations in the “hybrid warfare” scenario and the intrusion of the “National Unity and Progress Promotion Law”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is vigorously promoting “comprehensive diplomacy” and “value-added diplomacy”, tightly integrating security, economic, and technological partnerships, to jointly build a strong defense line with international allies.
The forum invited Prime Minister of Eswatini (Swaziland) Dlamini Dlamini, Honorary Chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs Michael McCaul to deliver keynote speeches on the morning of the 4th…
The milestone 10th edition of the forum, in addition to the aforementioned speakers, also featured special address guests and panelists from former ministers or legislators from Japan, Canada, Slovakia, Uruguay and other countries, as well as former officials from the US Department of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, raising the level of visitors and representation compared to previous years. Political figures and experts from around the world engaged in in-depth discussions, once again demonstrating Taiwan’s and the international community’s steadfast determination to safeguard shared values and Indo-Pacific security.