Former Top US Defense Officials Arrive in Taiwan Amid Russia-Ukraine War

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As the Ukraine crisis escalates, Taipei welcomed a high-level visit by former top U.S. defense officials, which indicates โ€œrock-solid relationsโ€ between Taiwan and the United States, a Taiwanese official said.

The unannounced delegation arrived in Taipei at 4:13 p.m. local time on March 1, according to Taiwanโ€™s state-run Central News Agency (CNA). The group, led by retired Admiral Mike Mullen, former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will meet President Tsai Ing-wen in the following morning, and attend a banquet later that day.

The two-day visit underscores bipartisan support from Washington and โ€œwill even more clearly highlight the rock-solid relations between Taiwan and the United States, especially at a time of the Ukraine crisis,โ€ Taiwanโ€™s presidential office spokesperson Chang Tun-han said a day earlier, CNA reported.

Mullen, a former top U.S. military officer, will be accompanied by Meghan Oโ€™Sullivan, a former deputy national security adviser, Michรจle Flournoy, former undersecretary of defense, and Mike Green and Evan Medeiros, both of whom were senior directors for the Asia affairs office of the National Security Council.

A senior official of the Biden administration told Reuters that the selection of the five flagged โ€œan important signal about the bipartisan U.S. commitment to Taiwan and its democracy.โ€

The two sides are also looking to exchange views on bilateral cooperation, Taiwan-U.S. relations, and regional peace and stability, said Chang.

Taiwan has stepped up its alert levels since Russia attacked Ukraine, wary of China taking advantage of its distracted Western allies and moving against the self-ruled island. Nine Chinese aircraft entered Taiwanโ€™s air defense identification zone in the hours following Russiaโ€™s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. Taiwan quickly mobilized its military aircraft in response, according to its defense ministry.

Concerns mounted as to whether Taiwan will meet the same fate as Ukraine, as Russiaโ€™s aggression is compared to that of China. Beijing has long been eyeing and harassing the democratic country, which the communist regime claims as its own.

Byย Rita Li

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