Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-01-02
Taiwan’s representative to the United States, Stanley Kao, says President Tsai Ing-wen will receive
appropriate treatment during her upcoming transit stops in the United States. Kao was speaking on Sunday at a New Year’s Day flag-raising ceremony in Washington, D.C.
President Tsai Ing-wen is scheduled to visit four Central American allies later this week. She will make a transit stop in Houston on January 7. On her return journey, the president will spend a night in San Francisco on January 13 and leave the United States the following day.
In keeping with precedent and in the spirit of mutual understanding, Kao said the transit stops will be safe, comfortable, convenient and accorded with dignity.
With US President-elect Donald Trump about to take office on January 20, Kao said he hopes that relations between the two sides will be sustainable, consistent and predictable. [FULL STORY]