Officially in transit to the United States on her return from a trip to Latin America, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen met with Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy. A meeting denounced by the Beijing authorities.
With our correspondent in Washington, Guillaume Naudin
” It’s not to China to tell me who I can meet or not “. Kevin McCarthy was very direct when he received the Taiwanese president on her California lands, more precisely in the presidential library Ronald Reagan, a president who has done a lot for the relationship between Taiwan and the UNITED STATES, recalled Kevin McCarthy.
As there is no shortage of contentious issues in American politics, he returned to the unity of his country on support for Taiwan. The third figure of the American state assured that the relationship between Taipei and Washington was “ stronger “than she ever was” During his life “.
An assertion amplified by the Democrats and Republicans also members of the delegation. Its members have, in heart, said that this meeting was to defend freedom, democracy, allies in the region and stability in the Indo-Pacific. ” Their presence and their unwavering support reassure the Taiwanese people: we are not isolated, we are not alone. “said Tsai Ing-wen.
Regional stability
This stability in the region is also one of the priorities of the French ally of the Americans, President Emmanuel Macron, on a state visit to Beijing. Kevin McCarthy sees no contradiction with his own approach. Communication is always better than shows of force, he said.
I think more communication between nations is positive. I believe showing military strength is not. Communication is more powerful.
Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House of Representatives
He does not prohibit himself from visiting Taiwan one day. The last time former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did, China had launched the largest military maneuvers in history near the nationalist island and greatly reduced communications with its American rival.