When Taiwan Vice President Lai Qingde set off to Paraguay to attend the new president's inauguration ceremony, the United States sent the Interior Minister to lead the group to attend the ceremony, allowing Lai Qingde to miss the same frame with US Vice President Harris again.
According to the Taiwan Central News Agency, Bayeng announced on Saturday (August 12) that the US delegation will be led by the Minister of the Interior Deb Haaland and the US ambassador to Paraguay, Marc Ostfield,, Federal Representative, Norma Torres, will also attend the inauguration of Paraguay's new president.
This means that Lai Qingde will not see US Vice President Harris at the President President's inauguration ceremony.When Lai Qingde, on behalf of the DPP government in January last year, attended the inauguration ceremony of Xiomara Castro, who was attending Honduras, who had sat in the first row with Harris.Natural interaction on the occasion.
Lai Qingde has officially set off on Saturday to Paraguay to participate in the inauguration of the new president Santiago PE? A Palacios and Vice President Pedro Alliana.Lai Qingde returned to San Francisco in San Francisco on August 16. After participating in the overseas banquet, he took the opportunity to return to Taiwan. It is expected that he arrived at Taoyuan Airport in the early morning of August 18. The whole journey was seven days and six nights.
Beijing has repeatedly called on the United States not to arrange Lai Qingde to cross the country, and said that it will take necessary measures to respond.China Maritime Affairs Bureau also announced on the eve of Lai Qingde's visit (11th) that a military exercise will be held in the East China Sea from 12 noon on August 12 to 4 pm on August 14th.
Lai Qingde said before boarding on Saturday that a country meeting with the same ideas will allow international efforts to understand Taiwan to adhere to democracy and freedom and human rights, and to maintain the peace of India.
A spokesman for the US State Department responded to Taiwan media by background explanation that Taiwan's high -level officials transit the United States in accordance with long -term practice, the United States and Taiwan's unofficial relations, and reiterated that a Chinese policy in the United States remains unchanged.Lai Qingde's transit is in line with Vice President's transit practice.
U.S. Secretary of State Brosky said in a conversation in the State Council in July that considering the flight distance, transit as a practical practice; in the past few decades, Taiwan Vice President has passed the United States 10 times.11 times, Lai Qingde's second transit in the United States, saying that "there is no reason for China to make provocative acts."
