{"id":143308,"date":"2021-10-31T18:56:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T18:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=143308"},"modified":"2021-10-31T18:56:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T18:56:20","slug":"top-diplomat-says-the-u-s-is-committed-to-helping-taiwan-defend-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/top-diplomat-says-the-u-s-is-committed-to-helping-taiwan-defend-itself\/","title":{"rendered":"Top diplomat says the U.S. is committed to helping Taiwan defend itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The top U.S. representative in\u00a0Taiwan, Sandra Oudkirk, said on Friday that the United States is committed to helping\u00a0Taiwan\u00a0defend itself.<\/li>\n<li>&quot;The United States has a commitment to help\u00a0Taiwan\u00a0provide for its self-defense,&quot; said Oudkirk.<\/li>\n<li>Washington is required by law to provide\u00a0Taiwan\u00a0with the means to defend itself but it has long followed a policy of &quot;strategic ambiguity&quot; on whether it would intervene militarily to protect\u00a0Taiwan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The top U.S. representative in\u00a0Taiwan, Sandra Oudkirk, said on Friday that the United States is committed to helping\u00a0Taiwan\u00a0defend itself.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters at her first news conference since assuming her post in July, she described U.S. relations with\u00a0Taiwan\u00a0as &quot;rock-solid.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The United States has a commitment to help\u00a0Taiwan\u00a0provide for its self-defense,&quot; said Oudkirk, who heads the American Institute in\u00a0Taiwan, the de facto U.S. embassy in the absence of formal diplomatic ties.<\/p>\n<p>Her remarks come as tension between\u00a0Taiwan\u00a0and China, which has not ruled out taking the democratically ruled island by force, has escalated in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>While the United States, like most countries, has no formal ties with the Chinese-claimed island, it is its most important international backer and main arms supplier. President Joe Biden&#x27;s administration has moved to restate that support, to the anger of Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>Washington is required by law to provide\u00a0Taiwan\u00a0with the means to defend itself but it has long followed a policy of &quot;strategic ambiguity&quot; on whether it would intervene militarily to protect\u00a0Taiwan\u00a0in the event of a Chinese attack.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if the United States would come to\u00a0Taiwan&#x27;s defense if China attacked, Oudkirk said the policy towards\u00a0Taiwan\u00a0has been clear and remains unchanged, citing several U.S. laws governing its relations with\u00a0Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>A recent increase in Chinese military exercises in\u00a0Taiwan&#x27;s air defense identification zone are part of what Taipei views as stepped up military harassment by Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged all United Nations member states to support\u00a0Taiwan&#x27;s &quot;robust&quot; participation in the U.N. system.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/10\/29\/top-diplomat-says-us-is-committed-to-helping-taiwan-defend-itself.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The top U.S. representative in\u00a0Taiwan, Sandra Oudkirk,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":143307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23055],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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