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Date: 2018/08/01
By: International Community Radio Taipei (ICRT)
Photo Credit: AP / TPG
The government is thanking the U.S. for recognizing Taiwan’s importance as part of the Trump Administration’s Indo-Pacific initiative.
Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said they are now working on a series of ideas to put forward to U.S. officials.
The statement comes after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo mentioned the importance of the U.S.’ partnership with Taiwan at the Indo-Pacific Business Forum hosted by the U..S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington D.C. earlier this week, and is in line with a more vociferous line taken by the Tsai administration in thanking its international partners for their recognition.
Pompeo told the audience that Taiwan’s economic and democratic development have worked together to make the island “a high-tech powerhouse.” He also said the U.S. has important partnerships with Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. [FULL STORY]
