President Tsai Ing-wen received a delegation led by Thomas A. Daschle, chairman of the Washington-based think tank Center for American Progress (CAP), at the Presidential Palace today.

(The picture is taken from the video of the Presidential Palace)

[Reporter Chen Yun/Taipei Report] President Tsai Ing-wen received a delegation led by Thomas A. Daschle, chairman of the Washington think tank "Center for American Progress" (CAP), at the presidential palace today. Tsai Ing-wen said that he would like to thank the Biden administration for six With the approval of arms sales to Taiwan and the implementation of freedom of navigation missions in the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan is at the forefront of authoritarian expansion and will continue to strengthen its self-defense and strive to maintain regional peace.

Tsai Ing-wen expressed her gratitude to Dashur for her long-term support for Taiwan. The United States and Taiwan have always been solid partners sharing the values ​​of freedom and democracy. Since the Biden administration took office, it has approved six arms sales to Taiwan and has also carried out freedom of navigation missions in the Taiwan Strait.

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Tsai Ing-wen emphasized that Taiwan is at the forefront of authoritarian expansion. We will continue to strengthen our self-defense capabilities and strive to maintain regional stability and peace.

Tsai Ing-wen believes that in the face of the challenges posed by the epidemic and the Ukraine-Russia war, democracies around the world should leverage each other's different advantages to jointly build a more secure and resilient supply chain.

She said that just a few days ago, the "Taiwan-US 21st Century Trade Initiative" completed the first round of negotiations. In the future, Taiwan and the United States will hold more meetings to promote cooperation in the field of trade.

Tsai Ing-wen said that Taiwan will continue to use other dialogue mechanisms with the United States, including the "Trade and Investment Framework Agreement" (TIFA), "Partnerships for Economic Prosperity Dialogue" (EPPD), "Technology Trade and Investment Cooperation Framework" (TTIC), etc. platform, continue to deepen cooperation on various issues, and make more contributions to the prosperity and opening up of the Indo-Pacific region.

Tsai Ing-wen mentioned that the delegation will also exchange views with Chinese government units and non-governmental organizations on issues such as epidemic prevention, energy transition and information security. Taiwan-US relations.

Tsai Ing-wen said that thanks to the Biden administration for approving six arms sales to Taiwan and implementing freedom of navigation missions in the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan is at the forefront of authoritarian expansion and will continue to strengthen self-defense and strive to maintain regional peace.

(The picture is taken from the video of the Presidential Palace)