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US delegation arrives for peace and security talks


Former chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen, left, and Minister of Foreign Affair Joseph Wu greet each other with an elbow bump at Taipei International Airport (Songshan airport) yesterday.
Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

A delegation led by former chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen arrived in Taipei yesterday afternoon for discussions with top-level officials on regional peace and security, among other topics.

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No end to transitional justice: Tsai


President Tsai Ing-wen, left, yesterday at a 228 Incident memorial ceremony in Keelung presents Liu Chen-hsiung with a certificate restoring the reputation of his father, Liu Hsin-fu.
Photo: Tu Chien-jung, Taipei Times

The nation’s transitional justice efforts would soon reach a new milestone with the Cabinet taking over the responsibilities of the ad hoc Transitional Justice Commission, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday during a 228 Incident memorial in Keelung.

During an address to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the 1947 Incident, Tsai said that the commission, established in 2018, would disband at the end of May after issuing its final report on human rights abuses under the then-Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) regime.

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Newsflash

The US House of Representatives on Friday passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, which includes US backing for expanded military exchanges with Taiwan and amendments to US Navy port of call stops in Taiwan.

The Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), which serves as the foundation for commercial, cultural and other relations between Taiwan and the US, and the “six assurances” are included in the bill, which cleared with a 344 to 81 vote.