US Health and Welfare Secretary Alex Azar is heading the delegation to Taiwan, which has angered China, which considers the self-governing island part of its territory.
The official topic of the visit: the fight against the COVID19 pandemic and the strengthening of bilateral relations.
As part of the highest-ranking visit of the American administration since 1979, an agreement may be signed on Taipei’s acquisition of the MQ-9 Reaper strike drones, plans for which were announced in May.
