Taiwan says it’s willing to engage with China, doesn’t want to close door

TAIPEI , 12 June 2022, (TON): Premier Su Tseng-chang said “Taiwan does not want to close the door to China and is willing to engage in the spirit of goodwill, but on an equal basis and without political preconditions.”

Relations between Taipei and Beijing, which claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory, are at their lowest in decades, with China increasing political and military pressure to get the island to accept its sovereignty.

Earlier on Sunday at a security forum in Singapore, China’s defense minister said “the Chinese government sought peaceful reunification with Taiwan but reserved other options.”

Speaking to reporters after China banned the import of grouper fish from Taiwan on safety grounds, a move Taipei called politically motivated, Su said Taiwan has always had goodwill toward China.

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