‘Find common ground’ - Singapore defense minister on Taiwan - video Dailymotion

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Speaking to CGTN Europe at the Munich Security Conference, Singapore’s Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen notes that U.S. President Biden ‘gave a categorical statement that the U.S. does not support Taiwan independence’ and urges all sides to ‘increase your engagements and find common ground.’

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00:00 President Biden, after the recent Taiwan elections, gave a categorical statement that the US does

00:07 not support Taiwan independence. And I think that on the Chinese side,

00:12 also reassuring measures by both the leadership as well as the PLA, that you don't want to

00:23 escalate situations. I think the meeting between Presidency and President Biden in San Francisco

00:30 was a very productive one and I hope that more will follow. I know that Secretary Blinken met

00:34 Foreign Minister Wang Yi here and you do need to gauge or you need to increase

00:42 your engagements and you need to find common ground.

‘Find common ground’ - Singapore defense minister on Taiwan

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