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U. S. health minister Azar arrived in TW, today (Sunday) for a three-day visit. Mr tsai will meet with TW president tsai ingwen and the health minister chen shi TW officials. Agence france-presse said that since the 1979 break-off of diplomatic relations between the united states and taiwan, the highest-level u.s. officials, zha's visit shows that the united states Trump government seek to counterbalance the strength of its rival china, strengthen support for TW.
AFP reported that the U. S. health minister Azar arrived in TW today to visit, first of all to confirm the success of the epidemic. This comes at a time when the U.S. epidemic remains dire, accusing China of being responsible for the Coronavirus pandemic Trump of being in a situation of public opinion.
But the US is cautious on this sensitive issue. Even Pompeo, a tough Secretary of State with China, stressed that Azar's visit to Taiwan was "aimed at discussing health issues ". Pompeo also said at a press conference that "there have been precedents of minister visits to TW in the past ".
The agence france-presse also quoted former TW u.s. institute director parr (Douglas Paal) said the Trump government is aware of the risk of escalation on TW issues and avoid crossing the "red line ", after all, the issue is one of the most sensitive issues of the communist party leadership. While u.s. foreign trade officials visited many times in the 1990s TW, he said the difference was in the background: azar was visiting Taipei at the worst relationship between the u.s. and china. Mr parr said the visit was a "challenge to beijing while respecting the one-china principle ".
According to TW press reports, U.S. Health minister Ajar is expected to arrive TW, at 4 p.m. on Tuesday Meet President Tsai Ing-wen on the morning of the 10th, 11 or 12 pm to the central epidemic command center, Visit Commander Chen Shizhong to exchange epidemic prevention experience. Same as 9 August, And Japan's former prime minister, Yukio Mori, Go to Taipei hotel at 5:00 p. M., Former President Lee Teng-hui, The charter flight then returned to Japan.
Both missions "skipped" the 14-day steps of home quarantine, prompting TW media to question loopholes. Chen Shizhong said that if there is a problem, he will be responsible, but also stressed that the epidemic prevention measures are quite strict.
