2024-08-31 07:02:28
Former Deputy Minister of Defense Artak Zakaryan referred to the latest global developments.
“The elections of the head of the administration and the parliament have started in Taiwan. There are three contenders for the position of head of the administration.
Lai Tsinde, representing the Democratic Progressive Party and advocating Taiwan’s independence. If he wins the election, his policies could increase the risk of military conflict in the region, involving the United States. It will also seriously damage the fragile and explosive peace in our region. On the one hand, the alarming developments in the Middle East, on the other hand, if the tension around Taiwan increases, then we can consider that the South Caucasus will be the scene of the next military clashes and instability.
The next candidate in Taiwan is Hou Yin of the Kuomintang, which seeks to normalize relations and develop ties with mainland China, something the Chinese are also interested in.
And the third candidate, Ke Wenchen, is the founder of the Taiwan People’s Party, which also hopes to develop relations with Beijing within certain limits. He sees the development of democracy in Taiwan on the Singaporean model. Ke Wenchen is not considered a friendly figure towards the USA.
Taiwanese people are voting today for political paths that will determine not only Taiwan’s internal problems, but the trajectory of relations with China in the next four years, and may also have an impact on global developments. If the status quo between Taiwan and China is threatened as a result of the elections, it may have highly undesirable and dangerous developments both from the point of view of the global economy and global security,” Artak Zakaryan wrote on his social media page.