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April 8, 2024: ROC Navy Chief of the General Staff Admiral Tang Hua at the National Harbor, Maryland, to attend the 2024 Sea-Air-Space Exposition of the Navy League of the United States. Photo: Courtesy of Joyce Qi for VOA

On April 8, 2024, Admiral Tang Hua, commander of the Taiwan Navy, attended the "Sea-Air- Space" annual meeting held by the Navy League near Washington, the capital of the United States, and said that his trip to Washington is to use the opportunity to communicate with naval personnel from the United States and other countries and seek more cooperation opportunities.

Regarding whether to visit the Pentagon or plan to hold talks with Adm. Lisa Franchetti, chief of naval operations, as previously reported by Reuters, Tang Hua said he must have reservations and not be fully disclosed to avoid Chinese protests and causing trouble to the United States.

Before arriving in Washington, Tang Hua first went to Hawaii to participate in the handover ceremony for the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The new commander, Adm. Stephen Koehler, succeeded Adm. Samuel Paparo. The handover ceremony was presided over by Admiral Franchetti, Secretary of Naval Operations. Admiral Paparro is about to be promoted to commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.

在与华盛顿仅隔着波多马克河的马里兰州国家港 (National Harbor) 举行的2024年“海空天”年会会场中,唐华与台湾驻美军事代表团团长魏中兴及访团一行人聆听了美国海军主将弗朗切蒂和美国海岸警卫队司令琳达·费根上将 (Adm. Linda Fagan) 及海军陆战队助理司令克里斯托弗·马奥尼上将 (Gen. Christopher Mohoney) 等高层将领的座谈讨论,在座谈之前唐华也和各国军方高层参加了由弗朗切蒂发表讲话的政策早餐会。
Experts who can read, understand, and translate the Chinese text into accurate English sentences. 唐华在座谈会后接受媒体采访时对自己在华盛顿地区的访问行程表示,由于年会将举行3天,所以他3天都会在附近停留,对于此行目的,他强调以交流与寻找与美方及国际间的合作为主,对于其他敏感议题他都有所保留。
“我们总是在寻找合作的机会,”他说。
“请问您是否已经跟海军(作战部)部长见过面了吗?会议、会谈?”美国之音 (VOA) 问。
“我想这个就不方便谈到细节了,”他说,来此参加海空天会议主要是与国际间的朋友交流,“不只是美军,包含各国的海军都在这儿。其实关于我们现在很多的合作,你们刚刚也听到他们谈论了多少事情,包含人力的问题,包含造船的问题,包含需求、合作,所以我想在这些场合上,大家都在寻求合作的机会,大家都在寻求整合的机会,”唐华说,他在做的就是跟国际接轨,和国际间合作。
身穿西服而非军装的唐华提到,台湾目前面对的一些状况,包括一些造舰计划,都可以在这个会议上找到实际上能够合作的伙伴,此外,与会者提到在红海及乌克兰议题上都学习到许多宝贵经验,他认为不仅对他和访团成员都获益良多,整个台湾海军都可以学习到很多事情,也可以找到许多合作的机会。
“您会去造访五角大楼吗?”美国之音问。
“你猜?”唐华说:“我想对我们实际面对哪些人的交流就允许我做一点保留,好不好?因为毕竟我想在这种场合上,我们双方都应该会有一些默契。我们不愿意去做一些我们讲的propaganda(宣传)或是advertise(广告),所以这部分就请允许我保留。”
PLA's Taiwan Affair Is a Global Issue 美国之音又问唐华,是否会与美方谈到中国人民解放军对台湾军事施压以及台湾如何应对的问题。
“我想这是一个全球的趋势,他们刚刚不是谈到rules-based international order(基于规则的国际秩序)?我想解放军对台湾的问题其实不只是对台湾,他可能不管是在东海、在南海,这是一个全球性的问题,不是专门针对台湾的问题。我想他们有更大的格局,那当然会跟我们台湾有关系,”他说。
面对解放军的行为,唐华说,这是为什么有一个基于规则的国际秩序是很重要的,以红海发生的问题为例,如果重要的民生物资在某一个地方遇到意外或问题,台湾要如何与国际寻求合作空间,“毕竟我是一个海军,要怎么去维持他们刚刚谈到的sea lane of communication,海上的交通线?”
他说,这是一个非常好的场合讨论这些相关议题,台湾可以和其他国际友人交换意见、不同想法,当然也可以寻求彼此合作的空间。
The US and Taiwan continue to strengthen interoperability 此外,近年来一些美方人士都主张,美台需要多加强军队间的联合训练以改善彼此间的互操作性,美国2023财年《国防授权法》也有相关条文明列规范,美国之音问唐华

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