According to the Foreign Ministry, China’s threat of military action against Taiwan will increase the support that the United States and other democracies give Taiwan. China conducted drills nearby as U.S. lawmakers visited Taipei.

Beijing blamed Bob Menendez and other senators for creating tensions through their provocative trip. China claims Taiwan has been democratically controlled by it.

Late Friday’s statement by Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry has condemned China’s “recalcitrant” and absurd reaction. the two-day visitThis is the first time this was done by U.S. legislators in 2012.

According to it, “The Chinese Communist Party’s threat of force against Taiwan will only reinforce the Taiwanese will to defend liberty and democracy and will also draw support from the United States as well other democratic partners.”

According to the ministry, Taiwan will keep enhancing cooperation with other countries like the United States to preserve the Indo-Pacific region’s free and open nature and stop China from “continuous expansion”.

One of six bipartisan senators who met with President TsaiIng-wen in Taiwan, Senator Ben Sasse stated that China cannot bully the United States and its elected representatives.

He said, “The American people do not love tyrants but instead support freedom-loving Taiwanese people.”

Taiwan was encouraged by U.S. support for democratically-governed islands. The Biden administration has often spoken of its “rock solid” commitment.

The United States doesn’t have formal diplomatic relations to Taiwan but it is Taiwan’s biggest international supporter. This has caused tensions between the Sino-U.S. relationship.

Taiwan’s government claims that only 23 million residents of Taiwan can determine their future.

Tsai stated that Russia’s invasion in Ukraine was a sign of the danger to democracy from authoritarianism.

She said that Taiwan is committed to upholding sovereignty, democracy and standing with other countries who are like-minded, helping each other and contributing their strength.