WASHINGTON, 24 Nov, (Asia Free Press) US President Joe Biden on Wednesday has invited Taiwan to a virtual summit on democracy with more than 100 countries. However, China is not in the invited countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The conference was a campaign pledge by the US president, who has placed the struggle between democratic and “authoritative governments” at the heart of his foreign policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The “Summit for Democracy” will take place online on December 9 and 10 ahead of this year, according to Agency France Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The meeting was long advertised, but the guest list — published Tuesday on the State Department’s website — will be closely scrutinized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
America’s principal rivals China and Russia, formerly the USSR, are not on the list issued by the State Department of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the United States did invite Taiwan, which America does not recognize as an independent country but holds up as a model democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
China’s deterrent at any use of the word “Taiwan” grants a sense of international authenticity to the democratic self-ruled island, which Beijing claims as part of its territory and has vowed to one day seize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The US move is guaranteed to increase tensions between the two superpowers further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I agree Taiwan more than qualifies- but it does seem to be (the) only democratic govt invited that the US govt does not officially recognize. So its inclusion is a big deal and a big question mark,” tweeted Julian Ku, a Hofstra University law professor, having a specialty in China Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India, often called “the world’s biggest democracy,” will be present despite increasing criticism from human rights defenders over democratic backsliding under Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pakistan, despite its checkered relationship with Washington, was named in the Guest-List.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the Middle East, only Israel and Iraq were invited. The traditional Arab allies of the US like Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates are all absent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Biden also invited Brazil, which is nowadays led by controversial far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, confirmed by State Department.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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