A bipartisan group of US senators met with Taiwan’s President William Lai at the Presidential Office in Taipei on Monday (March 30) to reinforce US commitment to the country’s security. The two-day visit to strengthen alliances in the region is the first trip to Taiwan by US lawmakers since last April. It comes six weeks ahead of President Donald Trump’s highly anticipated summit with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is leading the delegation, along with committee member Sen. John Curtis (R-UT). Curtis worked as a Mormon missionary in Taiwan beginning in 1979. Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) are also part of the group. They are urging lawmakers in Taiwan to pass a critical $40 billion defense bill amid a struggle between Lai’s party and the opposition.
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