The United States has no formal relations with Taiwan, which China claims is its major international supporter and supplier of weapons. Taiwan has been encouraged by the continued US support offered by the Biden government, which has repeatedly spoken of its “firm” commitment to the democratically governed island. This has tended to the already bad Sino-US relations. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register The bipartisan team, which will meet with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday morning for a two-day visit, arrived at Songshan Airport in central Taipei on a U.S. Air Force plane and received Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph G. . The visit shows not only US bipartisan support for Taiwan, but also the “tough” nature of Taiwan-US relations, Presidential Bureau spokesman Xavier Chang said in a statement. “The Office of the President looks forward to continuing to deepen the Taiwan-US partnership through this face-to-face exchange and to continue working together to contribute to global and regional peace, stability, prosperity and development,” he added. Menendez, a Democrat, is an ardent supporter of Taiwan. In February, he co-proposed a bill that would require the United States to negotiate the renaming of Taiwan’s de facto embassy in Washington to “Taiwan’s Representative Office.” read more Senior Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham is also on the trip. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Report by Ben Blanchard Edited by Raissa Kasolowsky Our role models: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
