6 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, met this Wednesday with the president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing Wen, a meeting that he has assured will bring “more peace and stability to the world.”
During a press conference between the two after the meeting, the American reiterated that “the support of the United States for the people of Taiwan will remain firm, unwavering and bipartisan.”
The meeting in California, which has included congressmen from both the Republican and Democratic parties, has taken place taking advantage of Tsai’s visit as part of her trip to Central America, in which she has visited Guatemala and Belize and during the which also stopped in New York on the way out.
China has been repeatedly opposed to this meeting, but McCarthy has insisted that “there is no need for retaliation”, in response to repeated warnings from the Chinese government about possible negative consequences of this meeting.
The president stated that this meeting means verifying that the Taiwanese “we are not isolated or alone”, and she took advantage of the meeting to remind the congressmen of “Taiwan’s commitment to maintain and defend a peaceful ‘status quo’ so that the people of Taiwan continue to live in a free and open society.”
“We are stronger when we are together,” he has sentenced. “Taiwan tries to be a reliable partner to the rest of the world, a point of stability in the region, and a force for good.”
The meeting took place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, a former president to whom both have wanted to pay tribute and who they have described as a “great man and great politician” for his role in the relationship between the two countries.
The Chinese government has harshly criticized the United States in recent months for the latest official visits to the island of Taiwan by US officials, the most relevant of which was the one carried out in early August 2022 by the then House Speaker. of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, who held the meeting.
In a statement, collected by ‘The Hill’, Pelosi has celebrated “his leadership, bipartisan participation and his distinguished and historic location.”
