Taiwan asserts its independence after Trump warned it against declaring independence

Taiwan stressed on Saturday that it is an independent country, hours after the US President warned Donald Trump its formal declaration of independence.

The Taiwanese Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Taiwan "A sovereign and independent democratic state, not subject to the People’s Republic of China"

The statement added that the sale of weapons to it from Washington falls within the United States’ security obligations towards it. "A form of joint deterrence against regional threats"This came after Trump said that he had not yet made a decision about selling weapons to her.

US President Donald Taiwan from any step towards declaring independence, in a television interview recorded before his departure Following a two-day visit that included a warning

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