Taiwan on Saturday welcomed a joint statement issued by Japan and the United States affirming the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou said the Taiwan government is happy to see the United States and Japan are concerned about the current state of security in the Indo-Pacific region."The Taiwan government would like to express our most sincere welcome and gratitude," Ou said."We will continue to work closely with Japan, the United States and other like-minded countries to safeguard democracy, universal values and a rule…READ FULL ARTICLE