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Taiwan’s President to Engage With Lawmakers During ‘Transit’ Through US, State Dept. Says

© AP Photo / Chiang Ying-yingTaiwan's head Tsai Ing-wen (File)
Taiwan's head Tsai Ing-wen (File) - Sputnik International, 1920, 30.03.2023
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen will have an opportunity to engage with various members of US Congress during her “transit” through the United States, US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink.
“We anticipate that President Tsai will have an opportunity to meet with members of the Taiwan diaspora. We expect that she'll have an occasion to exchange views and deliver remarks with various groups, and we also anticipate, as has always been the case, that President Tsai will have an opportunity to engage with various members of Congress,” Kritenbrink said during a press briefing.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (L) speaks departing from Taoyuan airport - Sputnik International, 1920, 30.03.2023
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Tsai's Visit to US Can't Curb China's Growing Political Influence in the World
Earlier on Friday, Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen arrived in New York for the first time in more than three years on a stopover ahead of visits to Central American self-governed islands of Guatemala and Beliz.
Later the same day, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said that China firmly opposed any official interactions between the US and Taiwan as well as any visits by Tsai to the US under whatever pretext, calling Tsai’s plans to stop in the US just for a transit "a lie."
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