U.S. and Taiwan (2006)

U.S. Department of State

Daily Press Briefing

Tom Casey, Deputy Spokesman
Washington, DC
November 6, 2006

1:10 p.m. EST

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QUESTION: In Taiwan, Taiwan President Chen is indicted on corruption charges. Thousand of people take to street to urge Chen to resign again. In addition, Taiwan congress is planning to start the third recall movement on President Chen Shui-bian. And what is U.S. concerned -- what is the U.S. concern on the instability of Taiwan Strait?

MR. CASEY: Well, again I think we've spoken to this last week and we haven't changed our views since then. We consider this to be an internal matter in Taiwan. We believe the Taiwanese authorities, through their legal system, will be able to resolve this in an appropriate way.

QUESTION: Does the United States especially watch the ongoing movement of Taiwan?

MR. CASEY: Well, again, these are interesting internal political matters inside Taiwan, but really it's for Taiwanese to decide. We certainly continue to look at all issues involving the Taiwan Straits, but I don't have anything specific or new to offer you on that subject.

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(The briefing was concluded at 1:25 p.m.)