US Speaker To Meet Taiwan President In California
NDTV
Tsai's government had provided McCarthy's staff with intelligence that a high-profile US visit could provoke a Chinese threat.
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Tuesday he will meet Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in California, but did not rule out a possible visit to the self-governed island.
Tsai's government had provided McCarthy's staff with intelligence that a high-profile US visit could provoke a Chinese threat, the Financial Times reported earlier on Tuesday, citing an unidentified senior Taiwanese official.
The FT added that the speaker would scrap a potential trip to Taiwan, and the meeting would instead take place in California.
McCarthy confirmed plans to meet Tsai in the US, but told reporters in Washington the meeting does not preclude a trip to Taiwan.
