Taiwan’s defense minister says the island must be prepared to defend itself and could not entirely depend on other countries to help if China were to attack, even as Taiwan’s president says she has faith the U.S. would defend it.
In this image made from video, Taiwan's Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng speaks in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Chiu said Thursday that Taiwan must be prepared to defend itself and could not entirely depend on other countries to help if China were to launch an attack against the island, even as Taiwan's president said she had faith the U.S. would defend it.
“The country must rely on itself, and if any friends or other groups can help us, then it’s like I said before, we’re happy to have it, but we cannot completely depend on it,” the minister, Chiu Kuo-cheng, told reporters after being questioned in the legislature as part of a session on national defense.
Chiu has called the rising tensions between China and Taiwan the most “severe” he has seen in 40 years. “I do have faith given the long term relationship we have with the U.S. and also the support of the people of the U.S. as well as Congress,” Tsai said.
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