Taiwanese president says ties with Washington ‘rock solid’, hours after leaders of US and China share first call since November
In their first call since November, Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned US president Donald Trump to be “prudent” about supplying arms to Taiwan, according to a readout of their call provided by China’s foreign ministry.
“President Xi emphasised that the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-US relations,” the readout said. “China must safeguard its own sovereignty and territorial integrity, and will never allow Taiwan to be separated. The US must handle the issue of arms sales to Taiwan with prudence.”
Hours later, the self-ruled island’s president, Lai Ching-te, said ties with the US were “rock solid”.
“The Taiwan-US relationship is rock solid, and all cooperation projects will continue uninterrupted,” Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, told reporters during a visit to textile merchants in western Taiwan on Thursday.
