STEADY AS SHE GOES:At Tsai’s meeting with former US deputy secretary of state Bill Burns, she pledged she would seek to maintain peace and stability in the region
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 19, 2016
By: Staff Writer, with CNA
President-elect Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday said her administration
President-elect Tsai Ing-wen, back right, meets former US deputy secretary of state Bill Burns, back left, at the Democratic Progressive Party’s headquarters in Taipei yesterday. Photo provided by Democratic Progressive Party
plans to maintain close, friendly relations with the US and promote cooperation between the two nations in all areas, especially in the economic and industrial realms.
Tsai made the remarks as she met former US deputy secretary of state Bill Burns at the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) headquarters.
In a statement released after the one-hour meeting, the DPP said that Burns, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, congratulated Tsai on her victory in the presidential election and on the DPP winning an absolute majority in the legislative elections. [FULL STORY]
