First, Taiwan-US relations remain stable, and have not been affected by ... Now, reports of the Nipah virus suggest that we may face many more ...Tothecentralcontentarea:::SitemapLineFacebookFlickrYouTubeWritetothePresidentRSS:::HomeNews&activitiesNewsreleasesNews&activitiesfacebookshareLineshareTwittersharePlurkshareprinthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5BMtehOQO8PresidentTsaiconveneshigh-levelnationalsecuritymeetingaheadoftheLunarNewYearPresidentTsaiconveneshigh-levelnationalsecuritymeetingaheadoftheLunarNewYear2021-02-09中文OnthemorningofFebruary9,PresidentTsaiIng-wendeliveredremarksintheEntranceHallofthePresidentialOfficeBuildingonTaiwan'sresponsetotheglobalpandemicandotherregionalandinternationalissuescoveredinahigh-levelnationalsecuritymeetingconvenedearlierthatmorning.Atranslationofthepresident'sremarksisasfollows:ThoughtheLunarNewYearholidaystartstomorrow,theworkofprotectingournationdoesnotcease.Weconvenedaspecialhigh-levelnationalsecuritymeetingaheadoftheholidaytocoordinateourresponsestoarangeofdevelopinginternationalandregionalissues,includingTaiwan-USrelations,regionalsecurity,andtheglobalpandemic.OurnationalsecurityteamwillcontinuetosafeguardournationduringtheLunarNewYear,somyfellowcitizenscanenjoypeaceofmindwhilerestingandrechargingfortheyearahead.Letmenowsharethefourmajorconclusionsreachedattoday'smeeting.First,Taiwan-USrelationsremainstable,andhavenotbeenaffectedbythetransitiontoanewadministrationintheUS.TheTaiwan-USrelationshiphascontinuedtostrengthensincePresidentBidentookoffice.YouallknowfromnewsreportsthatourRepresentativetotheUSHsiaoBi-khim(蕭美琴)wasinvitedtoPresidentBiden'sinauguration,andthatUSSecretaryofStateAntonyBlinkenandSecretaryofDefenseLloydAustinbothpledgedduringtheirSenateconfirmationhearingstoupholdtheUScommitmenttoTaiwan'sdefense.ThisallshowsthatthetransitionofpowerintheUSwillnotaffectourbilateralcooperation.WearealsoawarethatUSmilitaryaircraftandvesselshaveconductedanumberoffreedomofnavigationoperationsrecently,whichindicatesaveryclearUS