Taipei: American Envoy met the leaders of the self-governing island on Friday in Taiwan and during this period, the Chinese Army unexpectedly performed a power jet fighter in the Taiwanese area. Jets) including 18 aircraft.
Keith Kraich, a senior US State Department official, held discussions with Taiwan’s economic affairs minister and deputy chief. He also met industry leaders and had a meal with President Sai Ing Wen. Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense stated that 18 fighter jets from China entered Taiwan’s air defense zone. He said Taiwan monitored the movement of Chinese aircraft.
At the same time, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Ren Giyokiang called it “a legitimate and necessary action taken in view of the current state of the Taiwan Strait to protect national sovereignty and territorial integrity”.
Significantly, China considers Taiwan as its territory and strongly opposes any formal talks between this autonomous island and any other country. Keith is the first high level official of the Foreign Ministry to visit the island decades later. Earlier in August, US Health Minister Alex Azar visited Taiwan.
It was the first visit by a high-level American official to Taiwan since the official relationship between the US and the Taiwan government ended in 1979. The US maintained informal relations even after the official diplomatic relations with Taiwan ended and is the island’s most important ally and supplier of defense equipment.
