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UNOFFICIAL U.S. DELEGATION VISITS TAIWAN AMID CHINA INTIMIDATION
- By The Financial District
- Apr 14, 2021
- 1 min read
An unofficial delegation dispatched by the US government is due to arrive in Taipei on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, amid heightened tensions between the United States and China over the self-ruled island, Kyodo News reported.
US President Joe Biden sent former Sen. Chris Dodd and former Deputy Secretaries of State Richard Armitage and James Steinberg to Taiwan as a "personal sign" of his commitment to the island claimed by China, Reuters reported earlier, citing a senior administration official.
Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said the unofficial US delegation is scheduled to hold talks with President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday. Tsai's office welcomed the delegates' visit and expressed its appreciation to the Biden administration.
The visit is timed to the 42nd anniversary of the enactment of the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, under which the US supplies the Chinese-claimed island with arms and spare parts to enable it to maintain sufficient self-defense capabilities, according to the Reuters report.
The dispatch follows "a long-standing bipartisan tradition of U.S. administrations sending high-level, unofficial delegations to Taiwan," the official was quoted as saying. The official "waved off" a question about possible coordination in timing between the delegation's visit and US climate envoy John Kerry's trip to China from Wednesday, the report said.
