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Reuters
Reuters
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By Trevor Hunnicutt

U.S. VP Harris to discuss Taiwan's security in Asia -official

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris holds a roundtable with civil and reproductive rights leaders who are working to protect women's reproductive rights, in the Diplomatic Reception room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will discuss Taiwanese security during bilateral meetings with the leaders of Japan and South Korea when she visits the region next week, a senior administration official said on Friday.

The conversations with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will come days after Chinese officials were roiled by an explicit pledge by U.S. President Joe Biden to defend the Chinese-claimed island.

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