Taipei Times
Date: Oct 30, 2016
By: Nadia Tsao / Staff reporter in Washington
A top US diplomat said that “US-Taiwan relations have never been better.”
US Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asia Susan Thornton is pictured in Washington on Tuesday. Photo: Nadia Tsao, Taipei Times
In an interview with the Taipei Times, US Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asia Susan Thornton said that from the US’ perspective, “we really have a good foundation to carry through the end of this administration and the transition to the new administration in the US.”
Thornton assumed the post in February. She joined the US Department of State in 1991 and has served in Taipei and China’s Beijing and Chengdu.
Thornton emphasized that Taiwan and the US are continuing all kinds of robust cooperation in many areas and that close Taiwan-US ties are extremely popular in the US.
Although there has been rhetoric urging a review of the relationship during the US election season, she said that everything that the US does with Taiwan enjoys bipartisan support and “Taiwan would never be abandoned.” [FULL STORY]
