Taiwan is staying on top of new developments in international affairs, the Presidential Office said yesterday after US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) spoke on the phone on Friday.
“We continue to monitor the latest developments in international affairs; we are paying close attention and staying on top [of the situation],” Presidential Office spokeswoman Karen Kuo (郭雅慧) said.
“In the future, we will continue to maintain close contacts with the US side,” she said, in response to questions on Taiwan’s reaction to the Trump-Xi call.
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Kuo did not mention if Washington had briefed Taiwan on the call.
“We are developing close ties across different sectors in the US and maintaining friendly relations, which is the government’s job,” Kuo said.
After the phone call, Trump said on Truth Social that he completed a “very productive” call with Xi.
Trump said the two would meet at the upcoming APEC summit, referring to the multilateral gathering set to take place in Gyeongju, South Korea, from Oct. 31 to Nov. 1.
Trump wrote that he would visit China early next year, while the Chinese leader would visit the US “at an appropriate time.”
In a separate statement, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the conversation as “pragmatic, positive and constructive.”
Neither Trump nor the Chinese ministry mentioned Taiwan in their statements.
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