Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen hails US NDAA defence act for ‘vital’ role in Indo-Pacific security
- Nine members of Congress who reviewed 2024 US National Defence Authorisation Act are in Taiwan for three days as part of Indo-Pacific trip
- Meeting the delegation in her office, President Tsai gives thanks for ‘long-standing and bipartisan concern’ and concrete action on Taiwan’s security
The US National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) “plays a vital part in maintaining the security of Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific region”, Tsai told a bipartisan group of US congressmen who reviewed the 2024 version of the law.
“The NDAA continues to include policies and initiatives to assist Taiwan in bolstering its self-defence capabilities and has deepened Taiwan-US security cooperation,” she said, as she met the US delegation in her office on Wednesday.
The nine-strong group, led by Republican lawmaker Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, arrived in Taipei late on Tuesday for a three-day visit.
It is “one of the largest US congressional delegations to [visit] Taiwan in recent years”, according to the island’s foreign ministry.
Tsai thanked Rogers and the other delegates for their annual work in reviewing the NDAA, and also praised the US Congress for its “long-standing and bipartisan concern it has shown for Taiwan security, and for expressing support for Taiwan through concrete actions”.