Taiwan's Premier touts 'substantive' US relations
Premier touts ‘substantive’ US relations
NOT OVERNIGHT: Su Tseng-chang told legislators that establishing diplomatic or other formal ties with the US would ‘come naturally when the conditions are ripe’
By Su Yung-yao and Kayleigh Madjar
Taiwan is working to strengthen “substantive” relations with the US, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌
said yesterday when asked about the future of the relationship following comments from prominent US politicians calling for closer ties between the two nations.
Formal diplomatic recognition “admittedly cannot be achieved overnight,” but “we take strengthening the substantive relationship between the two sides as our greatest effort at present,” Su told a hearing at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei.
He was responding to a question from Taiwan People’s Party Legislator Chiu Chen-yuan (邱臣遠 over whether the government intends to maintain “pragmatic” relations with Washington, or is looking to establish more formal diplomatic ties.
Chiu cited increasingly vocal appeals from US politicians to deepen ties with Taiwan in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including from former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo, who during a visit to the nation earlier this month called for formal diplomatic recognition.
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