CALM AND DIALOGUE:White House Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said that the US would respect the result of tomorrow’s polls and Beijing should do the same
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 15, 2016
By: William Lowther / Staff reporter in WASHINGTON
A senior US official has called on China to respect the result of Taiwan’s
White House Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes speaks to the media during a press conference in Washington on Wednesday. Photo: CNA
presidential and legislative elections.
“We believe in the context of the election that China, like the United States — like any other country observing this — will want to see the election play out and respect the result,” White House Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said on Wednesday.
He was speaking at a special foreign media briefing on US President Barack Obama’s foreign policy priorities.
Rhodes had been asked — with the elections just three days away — what message he wanted to convey to both sides of the Taiwan Strait. [FULL STORY]
