A congressional delegation led by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., landed in Taiwan Sunday, less than two weeks after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s go to to the Beijing-claimed island drew a furious response from China.
The five-member delegation additionally consists of Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-Calif., Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., Rep. Amata Coleman Radewagen, R-American Samoa, the American Institute in Taiwan stated in a statement on Sunday.
They will meet senior Taiwanese leaders to debate safety, commerce, provide chains and different points, the assertion stated.
After a Taiwanese broadcaster confirmed video of a U.S. authorities airplane touchdown about 7 p.m. native time (7 a.m. ET) at Songshan Airport in Taiwan’s capital Taipei, the group had been welcomed by Vice Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Tah-ray Yui.
China angrily denounced Pelosi‘s go to to Taiwan as a “serious violation” and launched a sequence of army workout routines round the self-governing island in response.
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