Tensions with China: US sends "important people" to Taiwan
Created: 08/25/2022, 17:26
By: Nail Akkoyun
Tsai Ing-Wen, President of Taiwan, with US Senator Ed Markey in August 2022. A delegation from the US is also expected on Thursday (25 August).
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Despite the conflict with China, Taipei announces the visit of "important people" from the United States.
It is not yet known who exactly is traveling to Taiwan.
Taipei - Tensions with China notwithstanding, another US congressional delegation is traveling to Taiwan.
Taiwanese news agency
CNA
reported that a group of US senators will arrive in Taipei on Thursday evening (August 25) in an American military plane.
Taiwan's Foreign Ministry confirmed that "important people" are expected at Taipei's Songshan Airport late in the evening.
Details initially remained unclear.
It would be the third US delegation to visit the island's democratic republic this month, following a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a group of five congressmen led by Democratic Senator Ed Markey.
According to
CNA
, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen plans to receive the visitors on Friday (August 26).
The two previous visits had already triggered violent protests from the Chinese leadership.
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Tensions had reached a climax with outrage, particularly over the visit of Pelosi, number three in the United States.
It was the highest-ranking visit from Washington to Taipei in a quarter-century.
In response, China launched large-scale maneuvers around Taiwan and launched ballistic missiles.
The communist leadership rejects official contacts from other countries to Taipei because it regards the island as part of the People's Republic.
On the other hand, Taiwan, which has a population of 23 million, sees itself as independent and has been governed independently since before the founding of the People's Republic in 1949.
(nak/dpa)
