A delegation of former U.S. officials sent to Taiwan by Joe Biden arrived on Tuesday, as China said its 'will to defend national sovereignty is unwavering.'
administrations. With him are former senior defense officials Meghan O'Sullivan, Michele Flournoy, as well as ex-national security advisers Mike Green and Evan Medeiros.Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wenU.S. officials who told Reuters about the visit beforehand didn't explicitly link the trip to ongoing hostilities in Ukraine and Washington's need to show resolve in Asia, but said the move was to demonstrate the Biden administration's"rock solid" support for Taiwan.
Speaking in parliament ahead of the delegation's arrival, Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu told lawmakers that Taipei was notified of the visit"a day or two" after Putin ordered Russian forces across the border into Kyiv-held territory. Other senior officials, including Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang, said they welcomed the display of solitary from the U.S. Wu later met the group on the tarmac.
Before the high-level visit was announced, however, the U.S. had already signaled its priorities in theWang, the Chinese spokesperson, called the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USSTaiwanese soldiers operate a home-made CM-32 clouded leopard armored vehicle during a demonstration at an army base in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on January 6, 2022.
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