- US lawmakers landed in Taiwan on Sunday for a go to that is half of a bigger journey to the area.
- The go to comes lower than two weeks after Speaker of the Home Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan.
- Pelosi’s journey was adopted by navy drills by China close to Taiwan.
A delegation of 5 US lawmakers landed in Taiwan lower than two weeks after Speaker of the Home Nancy Pelosi made her journey to the self-governing island democracy.
The delegation is being led by Senator Ed Markey, Reuters reported. The journey is an element of a bigger go to to the Indo-Pacific area.
“The delegation will meet with senior Taiwan leaders to debate US-Taiwan relations, regional safety, commerce and funding, international provide chains, local weather change, and different important problems with mutual curiosity,” the de facto US embassy in Taiwan mentioned.
Reuters, citing Markey’s workplace reported that the journey was meant to “reaffirm america’ assist for Taiwan.”
Following Pelosi’s journey to Taipei, China conducted military drills around Taiwan. China claims Taiwan as its personal and has warned US officers not to visit the island.