2018/04/11
The Ministry of National Defense issued press release to response the media concern that “The date of President Tsai’s voyage to watch the exercise of the national army change again” (April 11th, 2018).
The media recently expressed concern that “The date of President Tsai’s voyage to watch the exercise of the national army change again”, the Ministry of National Defense said today (11th) that the reported exercise date is pure speculation.
The Ministry of National Defense said that with the changes of international and regional security conditions, in order to strengthen the preparedness and the capability of rapid response of the national army to ensure national safety, President Tsai will perform as the military commander and go to the Suao Navy base at the morning of Friday, April 13 to carry out the inspection of military port defense and rapid response test of the national army. In the future, we will arrange series of relevant test schedule to actually understand the combat readiness of the national army with regard to national defense, to ensure national safety and people can feel at ease.