“AMBITIOUS ROADMAP”
Campbell said the management would continue to “deepen our ties along with Taiwan, including by means of continuing to advance our own economic and industry relationship. ”
“For example, we are going to developing an devoted roadmap for industry negotiations which we all intend to announce within the coming days, inch he said.
Campbell said that the us would also reassert its right to make use of international air plus sea space in between Taiwan and Tiongkok.
US energies “will continue to voyage, sail and work where international regulation allows, consistent with our long-standing commitment to freedom of navigation. ”
“That includes conducting standard air and ocean going transits through the Taiwan Strait in the next couple weeks, ” he told reporters.
Campbell did not confirm what type of deployment would be designed to support the moves, saying he had no “comments about either the nature of our crossings or the timings throughout the Taiwan Strait. inch
Taiwan’s international ministry thanked Washington for its “firm support” in a statement on Saturday that directed to Washington’s “concrete action to maintain security in the Taiwan Strait and peace in the region”.
Criticizing China’s decision to prevent cooperation with Wa on issues including the fight against climate alter, Campbell said “we have and will continue to keep lines of communication open with Beijing. ”
The official noted that Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping have asked staff to arrange an in-person peak, but he declined to comment on reports that this could happen during the G20 group meeting in Bali this November.
“We don’t have something further in terms of details on time or place, ” he stated.