- Title: Taiwan is a force for global peace, president says as he leaves for Hawaii
- Date: 30th November 2024
- Summary: TAOYUAN, TAIWAN (NOVEMBER 30, 2024) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** TAIWAN PRESIDENT LAI CHING-TE ARRIVING AT DEPARTURE HALL (FROM LEFT) TAIWAN'S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY-GENERAL JOSEPH WU, AMBASSADOR OF SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ANDREA CLARE BOWMAN, PALAU AMBASSADOR DAVID ADAMS ORRUKEM LOOKING ON (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) TAIWAN PRESIDEN
- Embargoed: 14th December 2024 09:45
- Keywords: China Pacific Islands Taiwan United States bilateral
- Location: TAOYUAN, TAIWAN
- City: TAOYUAN, TAIWAN
- Country: Taiwan
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001368530112024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Taiwan is a key force for promoting global peace and stability, President Lai Ching-te said as he left for Hawaii on Saturday (November 30) as part of a Pacific tour, thanking the United States for allowing him to stop over.
China, which views the democratically governed island as its own territory, has been stepping up military pressure against Taiwan. Security sources told Reuters that Beijing may hold more to coincide with Lai's tour of the Pacific, which includes stopovers in Hawaii and Guam, a U.S. territory.
Lai is stopping in Hawaii first for two nights, before going to Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Palau, three of the 12 countries which retain formal diplomatic ties with Taipei and a part of the world where China has been exerting ever stronger influence.
A few hours before leaving, the United States announced a new arms sale package for Taiwan, of spare parts for F-16 jets and radars for an estimated $385 million.
This is Lai's first foreign trip since taking office in May.
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