The visit takes place a few days after completing the war exercises done by China around the island, which was criticized by the US
The head of the Taiwan National Security Council arrived in the United States for talks with President Donald Trump’s government, Reuters told Reuters with knowledge of the matter on Friday, a few days after the completion of China’s war exercises.
Joseph Wu leads the Taiwan delegation to the US, which is the “special channel” of communication with the US government, the Financial Times said earlier. It is the first use of this “channel” by Trump after returning to the White House on January 20th.
Earlier this week, the China army carried out two -day military exercises around Taiwan, during which it performed long -range shots, with a real fire in the sea of ​​eastern China, marking a escalation of exercises around the island.
Taiwan criticized China for the exercises.
The United States, the most important international supporter and main Taiwan weapons supplier, despite the lack of official diplomatic relations, condemned Chinese exercises earlier this week.
The meeting takes place at a time when Taiwan is upset on the duties imposed by Donald Trump, whom Taiwan described as irrational.
It is recalled that Trump has criticized Taiwan for attracting US semiconductor businesses, saying that production wants to return to the United States.
Taiwan’s senior security official, however, said that the Trump government’s support in Taiwan remains “very strong”.
Taiwan has been living under the threat of a Chinese invasion since 1949, when the defeated government of the Republic of China fled to the island after losing to the civil war with the Communists of Mao Zedong.
Source :Skai
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