WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The nominee to be President Joe Biden’s top diplomat for East Asia said on Tuesday the United States should further develop its relationship with Taiwan in every sector.
Daniel Kritenbrink, a career foreign service officer who served most recently as the U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, made the comment at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination to be assistant secretary of state for East Asia.
“It’s … incumbent upon us to further develop our robust relationship with Taiwan in every sector,” he said.
(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle, David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina)
