Intensive discussions expected, such as arms support to Taiwan
After the reconnaissance balloon incident… Chinese reaction prospects
Taiwan’s foreign affairs and security chiefs will visit the United States to hold behind-the-scenes high-level talks with the White House and State Department. Following the visit of a senior U.S. Department of Defense official to Taiwan, the two sides are planning to discuss arms support through a series of high-level meetings. It is expected that China will strongly oppose the resumption of dialogue between the US and China after the Chinese reconnaissance balloon incident, and the US and Taiwan’s closer actions are also accelerated.
The British Financial Times (FT) reported that Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Wu Zhao-che (吳釗燮, photo) and Taiwanese national security adviser Kuri-shiung (顧立雄) will hold talks on a ‘special channel’ with White House National Security Advisor John Finer and Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. day reported. At the special channel talks, it is expected that the focus will be on arms support for Taiwan in accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which provides up to 10 billion dollars (about 13 trillion won) in weapons to Taiwan. The FT reported that the past special channel talks were held in Annapolis, Maryland, near Washington, for fear of a backlash from China, but this time, they will be held at the Virginia headquarters of the American Taiwanese Association (ATI), which is equivalent to the Taiwanese embassy in the United States.
According to the FT, Laura Rosenberger, the senior director for China and Taiwan at the White House National Security Council (NSC), who will resign as ATI’s new director next month, is expected to take office soon. He is a representative Chinese diplomat who served as policy adviser to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and chief of staff to Secretary of State Tony Blincoln. Previously, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for China Michael Chase visited Taiwan on the 17th. This is the second visit to Taiwan by a Chinese policy director from the Ministry of National Defense since the establishment of diplomatic ties between the US and China in 1979. A delegation from the US-China Special Committee on Strategic Economy led by Democratic Party lawmaker Ro Kana will also visit Taiwan on the 18th and meet with President Tsai Ing-wen and TSMC founder Zhang Zhong-mou to discuss Taiwan’s participation in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF).
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Source: Donga
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