Category: delegation

US Sending Delegation to Cuba to Restart Talks on Law Enforcement

WASHINGTON/HAVANA—The Biden administration plans to send a delegation to Havana this month to restart U.S.-Cuba talks on law-enforcement issues that were halted under former President Donald Trump, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday. U.S. concerns about counterterrorism will be among the subjects addressed, a State Department spokesperson said. Trump placed Cuba on the U.S….


Senior US Delegation Visit China to Follow up on Biden’s Meeting With Xi

A senior U.S. delegation visited China on Dec. 11 and 12 to discuss a range of topics to follow up on President Joe Biden’s meeting with the PRC leader Xi Jinping in Bali. The Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin acknowledged the talks between the U.S. delegation and Vice Foreign Minister Xie Fengin in Langfang,…


US Stands Firm Behind Commitment to Taiwan, Delegation Tells Tsai Amid Ukraine Crisis

The United States has sent a group of former senior defense and national security officials to assure Taiwan that it “stands firm behind its commitments,” amid the backdrop of Russian aggression in Eastern Europe. The five-member delegation met with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on March 2, after arriving in Taipei a day earlier. The surprise two-day…


US Stands Firm Behind Commitment to Taiwan, Delegation Tells President Tsai Amid Ukraine Crisis

The United States assured that it “stands firm behind its commitments” to Taiwan in the backdrop of Russia’s aggression in Eastern Europe, as Washington sent its former senior defense and national security officials to the island early this week. The five-member delegation met Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on March 2, after arriving in Taipei the day…


Former Top US Defense Officials Arrive in Taiwan Amid Russia-Ukraine War

As the Ukraine crisis escalates, Taipei welcomed a high-level visit by former top U.S. defense officials, which indicates “rock-solid relations” between Taiwan and the United States, a Taiwanese official said. The unannounced delegation arrived in Taipei at 4:13 p.m. local time on March 1, according to Taiwan’s state-run Central News Agency (CNA). The group, led by…


‘We Are Here to Express Solidarity’: First Joint Baltic Delegation Meets Taiwanese President

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen hosted members of a Baltic delegation in Taipei on Nov. 29, in a sign of deepening cooperation between European Union nations and Taiwan against Beijing’s aggression. Visiting lawmakers from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia landed in Taiwan on Nov. 28 to attend a democracy forum, which will be held this week and…


‘We Came Here to Learn From You,’ First European Parliament Delegation Visits Taiwan

Taiwan’s success and capacity to confront threats and disinformation from the Chinese regime is a “gold mine” for Europe, said Raphael Glucksmann, the head of a visiting European Union delegation, in a joint press conference in Taipei with Taiwan’s Presiden Tsai Ing-wen on Nov. 4. “This is the first official visit from a delegation of…


Biden Sends Unofficial Delegation to Taiwan

WASHINGTON—Former Senator Chris Dodd and former Deputy Secretaries of State Richard Armitage and James Steinberg headed to Taiwan on Tuesday at President Joe Biden’s request. A senior Biden administration official told Reuters the dispatch of the “unofficial” delegation comes as the United States and Taiwan mark the 42nd anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act, for…