No plans to alter One-China policy: Rex Tillerson
Thursday, January 12, 2017 IST
No plans to alter One-China policy: Rex Tillerson
Washington: The US has no plans to alter its One-China strategy, yet has made essential duties to Taiwan and necessities to reaffirm them, Secretary of State chosen one for the approaching Trump Administration has said.
"I don't know about any arrangements to modify the one-China position," Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson told individuals from Senate Foreign Relations amid his affirmation hearing for the position of Secretary of State yesterday.
On the off chance that affirmed, he would supplant John Kerry as the Secretary of State.
In any case, Tillerson said the US had made vital duties to Taiwan through the Taiwan Relations Act, through the Six Issues Accord, and the nation ought to express a reaffirmation of those.
"Once more, this is a piece of this approach I'm attempting to lay out again and again, that we've made responsibilities to individuals. We have to reaffirm those duties and experience those responsibilities, and I believe it's vital that Taiwan realizes that we will experience the responsibilities under the Relations Act and the Six Issues Accord," he said.
"That all by itself is a message, so I think the significance of that activity to, once more, this entire of China approach that I'm talking about, is we must manage the entire of China's activities and perceive that we have these adjusting powers in our relationship that should be managed," Tillerson said because of a question.
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