Tsai to meet with U.S. House Speaker McCarthy in California
ROC Central News Agency
04/04/2023 12:56 AM
Belize City, Belize, April 3 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) will meet with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California on Wednesday, Taiwan's Presidential Office confirmed on Monday.
The confirmation followed an announcement by McCarthy's office that the speaker will host a bipartisan meeting with Tsai at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley on Wednesday.
Tsai is currently in Belize on the second leg of her Central America tour that also took her to Guatemala. On her return trip, she is scheduled to make a stopover in Los Angeles.
Asked about the planned meeting between McCarthy and Tsai, China's foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning (毛寧) reiterated Monday that Beijing strongly opposes "any form of official interaction and contact between the U.S. side and Taiwan authorities" and "will take resolute measures to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity."
In response, Taiwan's Presidential Office spokeswoman Lin Yu-chan (林聿禪) said on Monday that "China is not in a position to meddle in" the matter because Taiwan and its 23 million people have the right to engage with other democratic countries.
(By Wen Kuei-hsiang and Y.F. Low)
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