The United States has come to the defense of Taiwan after the latest military skirmishes carried out by China in recent days to intimidate the indigenous island. The Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, has demanded this Wednesday that China cease its “provocations” with respect to Taiwan, after in recent days the Government of Taipei denounced the presence of fifty Chinese military planes over its airspace.
“The actions we have seen from China are provocative and potentially destabilizing. What I hope is that these actions will cease because there is always the possibility of a miscalculation, of a lack of communication, and that is dangerous, “said the head of US diplomacy in an interview for Bloomberg .
“It is very important that no one takes unilateral actions that change the ‘status quo’ by force,” explained Blinken after participating in a meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.
The US Secretary of State has insisted that “we need China to stop these actions” to, on the other hand, be susceptible to the possibility of an in-person meeting between the President of the United States, Joe Biden, and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. . “We’ll see,” he said.
Biden conveyed tranquility
Blinken’s words come after Biden reported that he had ratified with Xi to respect the relationship agreements with Taiwan, after the Government of Taipei denounced in recent days the record presence of Chinese warplanes over its airspace.
In parallel to this announcement by Biden, the Taiwanese Defense Minister, Chiu Kuo Cheng, said on Wednesday that China will have “the capacity to invade Taiwan seriously in 2025”, and pointed out that the current situation of tension is “the most difficult »In 40 years.
At the moment the two heads of the world’s major powers have not only not seen each other personally , since Biden moved to the White House, but the new US Administration has continued to maintain the aggressive approach deployed by the government of former President Donald Trump.
This Tuesday, the US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, reported that he will meet in Zurich before the end of the week with the Chinese State Councilor, Yang Jiechi, to continue “responsibly managing the competition” between the two powers.
