Mr Kevin McCarthy stressed that meeting does not preclude a trip to Taiwan later. Read more at straitstimes.com.
but stressed that the meeting does not preclude a trip to Taiwan later.
“That has nothing to do with my travel, if I would go to Taiwan,” Mr McCarthy told reporters on Tuesday night when asked about the meeting. The Financial Times on Monday first reported Mr McCarthy’s plans to meet in California with President Tsai Ing-wen rather than Taipei, a trip that would have angered Beijing.Last month, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul said Mr McCarthy would plan a trip to the island either later this year or next year.former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi travelled to Taiwan.
Mr McCarthy has said he would like to travel there as speaker and take a bipartisan group of lawmakers. But the Chinese government has urged Mr McCarthy not to visit the island and “to earnestly abide by the one-China principle,” said China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning on Jan 30. BLOOMBERG
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