Taiwan Wants History Of Good Relations With Trump To Continue In Biden Time

US President-elect, Joe Biden (Source: Commons Wikimedia)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan has interacted with Joe Biden's team. Taiwan hopes to forge a strong relationship with the United States (US) government under Biden since he took office.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and our representatives in the United States continue to maintain good communication and interaction with the Biden team through various appropriate means," said Taiwan Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou, quoted by CNA, Tuesday, November 24.

"At the same time, we also convey Taiwan's sincere gratitude to the current Donald Trump administration. The current Taiwan-US relationship is the best in history. We sincerely thank you," he added.

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Joanne added that Taiwan has good relations with the Democratic and Republican parties. For that reason, there was no reason for them not to cooperate and strengthen relationships.

Moreover, so far the US - although not officially - has supported Taiwan, including in terms of arms sales, and other forms of cooperation following the frequent visits of high-ranking US officials to Taipei.

Previously, the US, like most other countries, had no formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan. However, the US has indirectly become the strongest supporter of Taiwan on the international stage. As a result, it was one of the reasons US-China relations fell to their lowest point in the Trump era.