French President Emmanuel Macron defended his approach to the U.S. and China on Wednesday after his call for Europe to avoid being dragged into a conflict between Beijing and Washington sparked a backlash.
Macron said his view on Taiwan hasn¡¯t shifted and pointed to a shared vision of an open Indo-Pacific region with U.S. counterpart Joe Biden.
¡°France supports the status quo in Taiwan,¡± Macron told a news conference in Amsterdam alongside Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte during a state visit to the Netherlands. ¡°France supports the One China policy and the search for a peaceful solution to the question. That¡¯s also the European position.¡±
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