Taiwanese president ends US visit, gets support from leaders

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen left a message of courage and determination on her recent trip to the Western Hemisphere, which included New York and California.

His meeting with Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, and other members of both parties in the US Congress was closely followed by the entire US press.

Upon receipt, McCarthy called Chairman Tsai “a good friend of the United States and said he was optimistic they would continue to find ways for the people of Taiwan and the United States to work together to promote economic freedom, democracy, peace and stability.” “.

Speaker Tsai, for her part, welcomed the hospitality she called “warm” like the California sun and thanked the bipartisan congressional delegation by saying, “I am very pleased.”

Another major US political figure, the Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, expressed his opinion on the visit of the Taiwanese president to the United States, referring to the topic for the press in Brussels: “There is nothing new in a president going from Taiwan by the US.” He added: “Beijing should not use it as an excuse to take action or allow tensions to escalate.”

Political analyst and former diplomat Luis Zúñiga said there is no doubt that US political leaders are showing their support for Taiwan and proving that they will not be coerced or intimidated by threats from Beijing.

Other shows of support for Taiwan came during President Tsai’s first stop in New York, en route to Guatemala and Belize.

At the New York airport, she was met by Congressional Democratic minority leader Hakeen Jeffries, and also met with Republican federal senators Joni Ernst and Dan Sullivan and Democratic senator Mark Kelly.

Following his meeting with Speaker Tsai, Congressman Jeffries released a statement saying, “We had a very productive discussion on the security and economic interests of Taiwan and the US. We also discussed our shared commitment to freedom and democracy.”

This has been a very productive tour for Taiwan and its foreign bands. Unsurprisingly, President Tsai had said at the Taipei airport at the start of this trip, “External pressures will not prevent Taiwan from connecting with the world and with democracies of its own nature.”

He also reaffirmed his staunch stance that Taiwan won’t back down and that friends in the US who support Taiwan won’t back down either, ending his opening remarks by stating, “Democratic allies need to be more united and exchange more often.”

Taiwan appears to be a stronghold for the defense of democracy and freedoms in an increasingly aggressive world atmosphere with totalitarian overtones.




Source: El heraldo

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