Taiwan President Lai Ching Te sent a congratulatory message on Narendra Modi’s victory in the Lok Sabha elections, to which India also responded. When China objected to the conversation between the leaders of the two countries, the US State Department said that it is part of diplomatic etiquette for two foreign leaders to send such congratulatory messages to each other. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in his daily press conference on Thursday (June 6), ‘I would say that such congratulatory messages are part of diplomatic etiquette.
Miller said this in response to a question regarding China’s objection. Lok Sabha Elections The President of Taiwan had sent a congratulatory message to Narendra Modi on his victory in Taiwan, in response to which Narendra Modi had said on Wednesday that he is eager to build closer relations with Taiwan.
Lai was elected President of Taiwan only last month. He had said in a post on X, ‘My hearty congratulations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his victory in the elections. We look forward to enhancing the rapidly growing Taiwan-India partnership, expanding our cooperation in trade, technology and other areas to contribute to peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.’
On this Narendra Modi Wrote on X, ‘Ching Te Lai, thank you for your warm message. I look forward to even closer relations while working towards a mutually beneficial economic and technological partnership. China objected to such conversations between the two leaders and said that India should oppose the political moves of Taiwan officials.
According to China, Taiwan is its rebel, but an integral province. He says that it should be reunified with the mainland (China). Even if force has to be used for this. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning, reacting to these messages, had said that China has lodged a protest with India on this.