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Published Date: 2017-10-24
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) says Taiwan and the US are in close communication over President Trump’s visit to China next month. That’s the word from foreign ministry spokesperson Andrew Lee on Tuesday.
Lee said communication between Taiwan and the US is open and smooth. Lee said, "We have full communication with the US. The US side briefs us whenever necessary. This part has been standard practice, that we keep close communication with the US government."
Meanwhile, Lee said Washington has scotched rumors of a fourth joint communique between the US and China during Trump’s Beijing trip. Three joint communiques concerning Taiwan were issued by the US and China in 1972, 1979 and 1982.
The foreign ministry, meanwhile, announced the arrival of John Norris Jr, the managing director of the Washington Office of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT). The AIT is the de facto US embassy in the absence of official ties between Taiwan and the US. It is Norris’s first trip to Taiwan after taking up the post in September 2016. While in Taiwan, Norris will meet senior government officials to exchange views on Taiwan-US issues.