‘SUCCESS STORY’: Taiwan is the first line of defense for democratic values and a valued partner, AIT Chairman James Moriarty said during a meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 17, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA
The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) yesterday said that Washington’s “abiding interest” is cross-
President Tsai Ing-wen, third right, speaks at a meeting with American Institute in Taiwan Chairman James Moriarty, second left, at the Presidential Office in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA
“The US views Taiwan security as central to the security of the Indo-Pacific region, and continues to have an abiding interest in cross-strait peace and stability,” AIT Chairman James Moriarty said at a meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) at the Presidential Office in Taipei.
Moriarty, who is leading a delegation on a six-day visit to Taiwan, also said that the US is “deeply troubled” by the unrelenting political, economic and military pressure that Beijing is exerting on Taiwan, referring to it as an attempt to alter the “status quo” across the Taiwan Strait.
“The US opposes unilateral attempts to alter the ‘status quo,’ because they undermine the regional framework that has enabled peace, stability and development for decades,” he said.
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