Western nations must do more to boost Taiwan defence, UK's foreign secretary says
Taiwan, located 100 miles off the coast of mainland China, sees itself as an independent country with its own democratically-elected leaders.Asked on BBC Radio 4's Today programme whether the UK should sell more weapons to Taiwan, Ms Truss said the government's role was to licence exports from defence companies.
"That enabled Putin to think that he could stage an easy invasion that he could win within days, so we need to make sure that we protect peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits. China reacted angrily to President Biden drawing parallels between Taiwan and Ukraine recently, calling the comparison "absurd".Ms Truss's comments come as Nato countries warned of the "systemic challenges" posed by China to the security of the transatlantic military alliance.
In a panel discussion at the summit, Ms Truss said it was important Taiwan was able to defend itself and Beijing avoided "a catastrophic miscalculation" such as invading the island.
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