The U.S. Department of State makes a rare announcement on Friday that Assistant Secretary of State Clarke Cooper of the State Department’s Bureau of Political and Military Affairs will be in Taiwan on the morning of July 7 for a U.S.-Taiwan political-military video dialogue.
The State Department made a high-profile announcement that the United States and Taiwan will hold a “political-military dialogue” on July 7. Taiwan media interpreted the background of the dialogue as a response to the increased aggressive ambitions of the Chinese Communist Party. Scholars believe that the U.S.-Taiwan dialogue is normalized and will not be affected by the change of government.
The U.S. Department of State announced on Friday that Assistant Secretary of State Clarke Cooper will attend the U.S.-Taiwan Political and Military Dialogue via video at 6:30 p.m. EST (7:30 a.m. Taiwan time) and deliver a speech at the meeting.
It is expected that the dialogue will focus on the regional situation, Taiwan-US military cooperation and arms sales. Taiwan will have officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of National Defense to participate.
Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry: No details will be disclosed based on the tacit agreement between Taiwan and the U.S.
Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Ou Jiang’an pointed out on Saturday that “for the specific details of the Taiwan-U.S. dialogue channel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, based on Taiwan-U.S. mutual trust and diplomatic tacit understanding, it is inconvenient to disclose to the public.”
Ou only said that Taiwan and the United States have a multi-level and multi-faceted dialogue channel, and both sides often maintain close and smooth communication on issues of common concern in order to continue to deepen cooperation at various levels, including political, economic and security.
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