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By the Associated Press
Taiwan’s ties with the United States are “rock solid,” the island’s president said Thursday, hours after President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on the phone about topics that included the self-ruled island’s future.
“The Taiwan-US relationship is rock solid, and all cooperation projects will continue uninterrupted,” Taiwan President Lai Ching-te told reporters during a visit to textile merchants in western Taiwan.
The comments came after Xi, in his first call with Trump since November, warned the U.S. president to be “prudent” about supplying arms to the self-ruled island, according to a readout of their call provided by China’s Foreign Ministry.