TAIPEI—A former U.S. senator and two former U.S. deputy secretaries of state are traveling to Taiwan, leading the first unofficial delegation dispatched by the Biden administration, amid heightened tensions with Beijing over the future of the self-ruling island.
Christopher J. Dodd, a former Democratic senator from Connecticut, and former senior State Department officials Richard Armitage and James Steinberg will land in Taipei on Wednesday afternoon local time, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said.
During their three-day stay, the U.S. delegation will meet Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and other high-level officials, according to a person familiar with the matter. Taiwan’s state-run Central News Agency reported Wednesday that Taiwanese officials would brief the U.S. delegation on China’s recent provocations against the island and across the region, and call for increased support from Washington on trade, security and economic matters.
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