The Vice Chairman of the Military Commission of the Federal House of Representatives Whitman, on Thursday (August 31), led a delegation to Taiwan for a three -day visit.Exchange opinions such as situation and other issues.
According to a press release issued by the official website of the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rob Wittman led the Republican Republican members Carlos Gimenez and Jen Kiggans, on August 31stAs of September 2, the three were members of the Military and Taiwan Military Commission of the House of Representatives.Whitman is also a member of the "China Affairs Specialty Committee" established by the House of Representatives last year.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also said that at the same time, there was another Republican federal member Alex Mooney and Michael Cloud visit.
The Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed a sincere welcome to the interviews of five members, and introduced that they would meet with Tsai Ing -wen during the period in Taiwan, and accepted the Foreign Minister Wu Zhaozheng.Opinion.
According to the Liberty Times, a spokesman for the Taiwanese government, Lin Yanshan, explained that this trip was the second visit to Taiwan.After the visit, the Military Commission also visited Taiwan.
Whitman's last visit to Taiwan was in 2017, when he also met with Cai Yingwen.
Lin Yanshan introduced that the five members of the visitors were members of the House of Representatives "Congressional Taiwan Caucus", and also firmly supported Taiwan through legislation and issuing statements.
The US Biden Government on Wednesday (August 30) first approved the Foreign Milital Financing program applied to a sovereign state, providing Taiwan with a $ 80 million (about S $ 100 million) to Taiwan (about 100 million yuan) to Taiwan.Military assistance.
