Trump, Xi likely to discuss Taiwan next week, U.S. says
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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk, as they hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Busan, South Korea, on October 30, 2
WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - Taiwan is likely to be a topic of conversation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping when they meet next week, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Rubio told a White House press briefing that the United States doesn’t need any destabilizing events to occur with regard to Taiwan.
"I'm sure Taiwan will be a topic of conversation; it always is,” Rubio said. “I think both countries understand that it is in neither one of our interests to see anything destabilizing happen in that part of the world. We don't need any destabilizing events to occur with regards to Taiwan or anywhere in the Indo Pacific."
Trump is set to visit Beijing on May 14 and 15.
Taiwan is facing rising military pressure from Beijing, which claims the democratically governed island as its own territory. The United States is Taiwan's most important international backer and arms supplier, to the constant anger of Beijing.
(Reporting by Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt; editing by Michelle Nichols)
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