Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/02/19
By: Chiang Chin-yeh and Joseph Yeh
Washington, Feb. 18 (CNA) Communications between Taiwan and the United States
Taiwan’s representative to the U.S. Stanley Kao (高碩泰)
remain smooth and bilateral relations strong despite a U.S. official’s recent comment that the U.S. does not recognize the Republic of China (Taiwan) as a country, Taiwan’s top envoy to the U.S. said Sunday.
Stanley Kao (高碩泰), Taiwan’s representative to the U.S., said in Washington D.C. on Sunday that the R.O.C.’s status as an independent, sovereign state is a fact and the “status quo.”
“Communications between Taiwan and the U.S. over the matter have been smooth as we have expressed our stance, and they clearly understand it,” he said.
The government will continue to defend the nation’s democratic values and way of life, he added. [FULL STORY]