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Ex-US officials visit Taiwan amid China tensions
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From left, former U.S. senator Chris Dodd, is greeted by Brant Christensen director of American Institute in Taiwan, center as Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu at right looks on in Taipei, Taiwan, on April 14. (AP Photo)
TAIPEI Taiwan’s president and an unofficial delegation of former senior U.S. government officials sent by President Joe Biden reaffirmed “rock solid” U.S.-Taiwan ties, amid heightened tensions with China.
The U.S. has expressed a “rock solid support for Taiwan,” President Tsai Ing-wen said Thursday in opening remarks before the two sides met in Taipei, the island’s capital.
“I can see with confidence that the United States’ partnership with Taiwan is stronger than ever,” former U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd said. “We share deep economic ties and mutual commitment to democratic values, and critically important security partnership.”
China announced the six-day military drills will begin on Thursday in waters off Taiwan s south-west coast.
A no-entry zone for shipping has been announced by Chinese maritime safety officials while the live-fire drills are underway until Tuesday, reports The South China Morning Post.
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Chinese naval vessels will start new military exercises off Taiwan just hours after an unofficial US delegation arrived on the island.(AP)
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen was scheduled to meet a visiting US delegation on Thursday, comprised of a former US senator and two ex-State Department officials who arrived in Taiwan on Wednesday.
Chris Dodd, a Democratic senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011, travelled to the island with two former deputy secretaries of state, James Steinberg from the Democratic Obama administration and Richard Armitage, who served under Republican President George W. Bush.