President hosts, thanks US think tank head

Taipei Times
Date: Feb 21, 2020
By: Staff writer, with CNA

President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday received Project 2049 Institute chairman Randall Schriver,

President Tsai Ing-wen, right, meets Randall Schriver, Project 2049 Institute chairman and former US assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs, at the Presidential Office in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA

a former US assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, at the Presidential Office in Taipei and thanked him for facilitating the sale of F-16V jets to Taiwan.

Taiwan is Schriver’s “first stop” abroad since he left his post in December last year, Tsai said.

During his tenure as a top US Department of State official, Schriver worked to enhance the Taiwan-US security relationship, and valued Taiwan’s role and position in the Indo-Pacific region, she said.

“I would like to take this opportunity to especially thank chairman Schriver for his support and contribution to Taiwan’s democracy, freedom and security,” Tsai said.    [FULL  STORY]

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