A few days ago, 78 U.S. Representatives sent a joint letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calling for Taiwan‘s “Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office” in the United States to be renamed the “Taiwan Representative Office. Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry Undersecretary of State Tseng Houren confirmed yesterday in the Legislative Yuan in response to a question that “relevant work is underway,” but today Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs revised its statement through a press conference, denying the “ongoing” claim.
Yesterday morning in the Legislative Yuan Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee in response to a question, Zeng Houren said that the name of the representative office in the United States is indeed the direction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs efforts, related work is underway, but the name issue has a certain sensitivity, need to be ripe.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Ou Jiang’an today at a regular press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, instructed by Zeng Houren, took the initiative to clarify to the outside world. She said that Tseng Houren did not have sufficient time to fully express his thoughts when answering inquiries, and if they are coherent together, it may cause some misunderstandings.
The spokesperson said that the words “in progress” were mentioned by Undersecretary Tseng Hau-Jen, and people would think it was an ongoing case, but what he meant at the time was to promote the enhancement of friendly relations with the U.S. side and to promote the use of a more appropriate name for the station, which is the goal of long-term efforts, and this effort is ongoing, not that the case is already underway, and Tseng Hau-Jen did not say at the time what kind of name would be changed.
The spokesman pointed out that the overall strengthening and enhancement of Taiwan-U.S. relations has been a long-term goal of the government’s work with the U.S., and is also in line with the expectations of the majority of public opinion in Taiwan. The recent improvement and deepening of Taiwan-U.S. relations is evident to all; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the representative office in the U.S. will continue to maintain close contact and coordination with the U.S. side for the best interests of Taiwan, and will also continue to steadily deepen the all-round partnership between Taiwan and the U.S.
As for the joint letter from U.S. Representatives to Pompeo calling for the renaming of the representative office in the U.S., Ou Jiang’an said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs appreciates the proposal of several U.S. Representatives and will continue to exchange views with the U.S. side on the case, and is conducting an internal study of the work, but there is no exact schedule to promote.
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