A new delegation of US Congressmen has arrived in Taiwan

A delegation of five US congressmen arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for a two-day visit. According to international news agencies, a meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is on the agenda, among other things. Parliamentarians come to talk about US-Taiwan relations, regional security and trade.

This is the second high-level US visit to Taiwan in a short time. In early August, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also went to Taiwan to “support the country’s vibrant democracy.” As a result, tensions have risen between Taiwan and China, which does not recognize Taiwan as an independent country. China began military exercises across the Taiwan border shortly after Pelosi’s visit.

With the new visit, the United States shows that it does not regret Pelosi’s visit. “China has overreacted, and its actions remain provocative, destabilizing and unparalleled,” an aide to US President Joe Biden said in a press release.

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Reuters quoted a spokesman for Ed Markey, the senator who is leading the delegation: “[De congresleden] It will reaffirm US support for Taiwan and encourage stability and peace around the Taiwan Strait.”

The Chinese embassy in the United States said, on Sunday, according to Reuters, that the visit to Taiwan “proves once again that the United States does not want stability around the Taiwan Strait, and is doing everything possible to provoke confrontation between the two sides and interfere in China’s internal affairs.” affairs. “.”

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry provides daily reports on Chinese ships and aircraft crossing the central line of the Taiwan Strait, the unofficial border between the two countries. Sunday too That was the case again.