The United States has sent a group of former senior defense and national security officials to assure Taiwan that it “stands firm behind its commitments,” amid the backdrop of Russian aggression in Eastern Europe.
The five-member delegation met with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on March 2 after arriving in Taipei a day earlier. The surprise two-day trip came as a sign of a beefed-up bilateral partnership amid looming threats from authoritarian powers Russia and China.
