A bipartisan group of US politicians arrived in Taipei to discuss US-Taiwan ties with the just sworn leader Lai Ching-te administration after a two-day large-scale military exercise by China surrounding Taiwan.
The group may assume their visit on May 30th with a meeting with House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, who is the Republican’s chairman, in Taipei on Sunday for a month of talks.
During their visit, the delegation is expected to hold talks on US- Taiwan relations, regional security, trade and investment, as well as other issues of mutual interest, according to a press release by the American Institute in Taiwan ( AIT ).
McCaul claimed that the nonpartisan team’s trip to Taiwan this week” sents a message to the Chinese Communist Party that the United States supports the Taiwanese people and does work to uphold the status quo across the Taiwan Strait.”
Congressman Michael McCaul announced the attend next week, and it is part of a larger trip that will include stops in the Indo-Pacific area, according to the American Institute in Taiwan.
McCaul of Texas is accompanied by a legislative group, including Representatives Young Kim and Jimmy Panetta of California, Joe Wilson of South Carolina, Andy Barr of Kentucky, and Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, Taiwan News reported.
One year after Lai Ching-te’s commencement, the group will meet with him.
Following China’s two days of military exercises in Taiwan on Saturday, the legislative visit comes in.
The journey demonstrates the “necessary relationship” between Taiwan and the US, according to US Representative Jimmy Panetta.
” I look forward to congratulating President Lai Ching-te on his opening and continuing to improve the relationship between our two countries,” said Panetta.
