{"id":1605700,"date":"2022-08-14T15:33:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T19:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1605700"},"modified":"2022-08-14T15:33:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T19:33:21","slug":"us-lawmakers-make-unannounced-trip-to-taiwan-weeks-after-pelosi-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-lawmakers-make-unannounced-trip-to-taiwan-weeks-after-pelosi-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"US Lawmakers Make Unannounced Trip to Taiwan Weeks After Pelosi Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-lawmakers-make-unannounced-trip-to-taiwan-weeks-after-pelosi-visit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1605700&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A group of five U.S. lawmakers arrived in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-taiwan\">Taiwan<\/a> on Aug. 14, about two weeks after\u00a0House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) visited the self-governing island, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOFA_Taiwan\/status\/1558782302636756992\">according to Taiwanese officials<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A Twitter post issued by the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs released photos of Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and other lawmakers meeting with top Taiwanese officials.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation also included Reps. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), Don Beyer (D-Va.), and Amata Radewagen (R-American Samoa), according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVice Minister Yui extended the warmest of welcomes to #Taiwan\u2019s\u00a0longstanding friend @SenMarkey &#038; his cross-party delegation comprising @RepGaramendi, @RepLowenthal, @RepDonBeyer &#038; @RepAmata. We thank the like-minded #US\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 lawmakers for the timely visit &#038; unwavering support,\u201d the Twitter post <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOFA_Taiwan\/status\/1558782302636756992\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Taiwan-visit-AP22226473211942-1200x800-1.jpg\"><\/a> Taiwan\u2019s Foreign Ministry Department of North American Affairs Director-General Douglas Hsu (R) welcomes U.S. Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) at Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 14, 2022. (Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs\/Handout via Reuters) <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/08\/14\/Markey-in-Taiwan.jpg\"><\/a> Taiwan\u2019s\u00a0Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Yui (R) welcomes U.S. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) at Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan on Aug. 14, 2022. (Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs\/Handout via Reuter) <\/p>\n<p>Markey in a statement confirmed that an unannounced delegation led by him had arrived and would meet with Taiwanese officials on Aug. 14.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe delegation will meet with senior Taiwan leaders to discuss U.S.-Taiwan relations, regional security, trade and investment, global supply chains, climate change, and other significant issues of mutual interest,\u201d his statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan\u2019s presidential office told Reuters that the group would meet with President Tsai Ing-wen on Aug. 15.\u00a0Taiwan\u2019s foreign ministry published pictures of four of the group being met at Taipei\u2019s downtown Songshan Airport after arriving on a U.S. Air Force transport jet, while Markey arrived at the Taoyuan International Airport.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Vice Minister Yui extended the warmest of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of five U.S. lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Aug. 14, about two weeks after\u00a0House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) visited the self-governing island, according to Taiwanese officials. A Twitter post issued by the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs released photos of Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and other lawmakers meeting with top Taiwanese officials. 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