Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasized actions that could be taken now in order to prevent conflict.
"At the same time, I think it's fair to say that we're not alone in this determination to make sure that we preserve peace and stability in that part of the world," said Blinken, who went on to describe the potential for a coordinated response from American allies.
"There are many countries, both in the region and beyond, that would see any unilateral action to use force to disrupt the status quo as a significant threat to peace and security, and they, too, would take action in the event that that happens," he added.earlier this week, Taiwanese Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng noted for the first time the critical role that Taipei's allies could play in preventing conflict with Beijing.
During Wednesday's event, Secretary Blinken redirected the topic of Taiwan's defense toward the arguably more pertinent question of what the U.S. and in particular Taiwan could do now to prevent what would ultimately be a failure of deterrence. Asked about specific U.S. action if China were to"breach" Taiwan, Blinken added:"But we will make sure that Taiwan has the means to defend itself, because the purpose here is never to get to that point, where anyone is actually trying to disrupt the status quo by force, to make sure that deterrence is there, and that no one engages in actions that could be profoundly, profoundly disruptive, dangerous to world peace and security.
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