TAIPEI: Taiwan’s foreign ministry on Saturday (Aug 13) expressed “sincere gratitude” towards the United States for taking “concrete actions” to maintain security and peace in the Taiwan Strait and the area.
US Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said upon Friday that Tiongkok “overreacted” to US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, which usually set off days of war games by Beijing around the island, which China views as its own territory.
Taiwan’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday that will China’s “unprovoked military and economy intimidation” had “further increased the unity and resilience of the global democratic camp”.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said upon Thursday that China’s threat of force is undiminished, despite the fact that Beijing’s largest- actually military drills round the island, following Pelosi’s visit last week, appeared to be scaling down.
At a rally upon Saturday in southern Taiwan for nearby elections scheduled with regard to late November, Tsai said they were not only facing rival candidates, “but also stress from China”.
“Taiwanese are very serious and love independence and democracy, a lot of good international friends have come to Taiwan to support us. It is a normal and a valuable thing, but China intends and intimidates Taiwan, ” she mentioned.
“However, I would like to reassure everyone that both our government and the military are prepared, and I will definitely take care of Taiwan. inch