"The US is publicly saying ... their relations with Taiwan are independent of their relations with anyone else," Wu said. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen delivers her address to soldiers amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic during her visit to a military base in Tainan, southern Taiwan, on April 9. "From Taiwan's perspective, the better the relations are between Taiwan and the US, the better protected Taiwan will be," he said. Speaking at Taiwan National University on Tuesday, Azar said that the US would not shy away from supporting Taiwan. Wu said that already he and his government had been in touch with officials from the election campaign of Democratic candidate Joe Biden to sound them out on the future of Taiwan relations.

Source: CNN August 14, 2020 23:56 UTC