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Biden: We will defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion

The United States will militarily defend the Taiwan in case Beijing invades the autonomous island, the US president said on Monday (23/5) from Tokyo Joe Bidennoting that China is “flirting with risk.”

“This is the commitment we have made” The US president stressed when asked if the US would intervene militarily against a Chinese attempt to occupy this territory by force.

“We agreed with the policy of one Of China“We signed it but the idea that (Taiwan) could be occupied by force is simply not appropriate,” he added.

«The Chinese are already flirting with danger right now by flying so close (to Taiwan) and with all the maneuvering they attempt“, noted Joe Biden as broadcast by the Athenian News Agency.

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“We oppose attempts to change the status quo by force in the East China Sea and the South China Sea”

“Japan and the United States will monitor the recent activities of the Chinese navy, as well as the movements related to joint exercises of China and Russia,” said Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida after meeting with the US President.

“We strongly oppose attempts to change the status quo by force in the East China Sea and the South China Sea,” Kishida told a joint news conference with Biden.

“In addition, we have agreed to work together on various issues related to China, including human rights,” he said.

Referring to Russia, the American president also stated in the same press conference that “he has to pay a price in the long run” for “its barbarism in UkraineWith sanctions from the US and its allies.

“It’s not just about Ukraine,” he said. “If the sanctions were not maintained in many ways, then what message would this send to China at the cost of an attempt to occupy Taiwan by force?” He asked.

Noting that he expects an invasion of this kind “will not happen”, Biden noted, however, that it would depend on “the intensity with which the world will make” China “understand” the price it will have to pay in case invasive.

However, Biden also noted that he was considering lifting tariff barriers for China, stressing that they were not imposed by his government.

“We did not impose these tariff barriers,” he said when asked by reporters about the possibility of lifting them, adding that it was “under study”.

“There is no change in US policy on Taiwan”

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There is no change in US policy on Taiwan, an official said today White House following remarks earlier in the day by US President Joe Biden from Tokyo that Washington would defend Taiwan if it were attacked.

“As the president said, our policy has not changed,” said a White House official, who asked not to be named.

“He reiterated our One China Policy and our commitment to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. “It also reiterated our commitment under the Taiwan Relations Act to provide Taiwan with military means to defend itself.”

Source: News Beast

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