WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)-a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC)-stressed the urgent need for the U.S. to support Taiwan amidst the People's Republic of China's (PRC) desperate attempts to isolate the island and pressure countries across Africa to violate international rules, norms and safety standards in the process. At the nominations hearing for Marc Dillard to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Madagascar, Duckworth informed Mr. Dillard that our partners in Taiwan raised concerns during her recent travels to the island about how Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles alarmingly refused to let Taiwan's president f...