CNEWS Confluence News Network reporter Chen Hongzhi/Taipei report
The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives jointly proposed a proposal to support the renaming of my country’s representative office in the United States to “Taiwan”. It is expected that this move may annoy Beijing. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Democratic Progressive Party, and the Green Committee expressed their pleasure In the end, it still depends on whether the Biden administration in the United States accepts the proposal.
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Foreign Affairs Committee Western Hemisphere Group Republican Chief Representative Marco Rubio (R-FL) jointly signed on this (2) 3rd Eastern Time Propose a bill requiring the US Secretary of State to consult on the renaming of my country’s representative office in the United States as the Taiwan representative office. The House opposition to the bill was co-sponsored by U.S. Representatives John Curtis (R-UT) and Chris Pappas (D-NH) on the same day.
Ou Jiangan, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to thank the members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives for showing unanimous support for Taiwan and strengthening Taiwan-U.S. relations for a long time regardless of party affiliation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue to pay attention to the follow-up legislative progress of this bill, and maintain close contact with friends in the US Congress and the executive branch to steadily deepen the global partnership between Taiwan and the US.
DPP spokesperson Hsieh Peifen said that the DPP is deeply grateful for the bipartisan support of the U.S. House of Representatives for Taiwan, and looks forward to the continued deepening of the partnership between Taiwan and the United States. Hsieh Peifen said that this act is to further strengthen the Taiwan-US partnership, including the “Taiwan Fellowship Act” that strengthens exchanges and interactions between Taiwan and US officials, and the “Taiwan Diplomacy Act” that calls for changing the name of my country’s representative office in the United States to the Taiwan representative office. The Taiwan Diplomatic Review Act, the Taiwan Peace and Stability Act, which supports Taiwan’s international participation, expands Taiwan-US economic and trade relations, and strengthens Taiwan’s external deterrence, and further strengthens the Taipei Act ( TAIPEI Act) “Taiwan International Solidarity Act” (Taiwan International Solidarity Act).
DPP legislator Wang Dingyu pointed out that the U.S. renaming of Taiwan’s “Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office” in Washington, D.C., to “Taiwan Representative Office” is still the key to the U.S. executive branch. Currently, we can only wait for the U.S. State Department to accept and implement it. . At present, Taiwan-US relations have reached the best stage in history. We respect the US administrative decision on whether to change its name, but we are happy to see Taiwan and the US develop in a positive direction.
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