French Envoy Says Taiwan’s Status Quo May Be the Best Result Possible
- ‘Better maybe to keep things under control,’ Laurent Bili says
- Veteran diplomat is the new French ambassador in Washington
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The French government believes that forcing a confrontation with China over Taiwan isn’t in the best interest of the West, saying the island’s current ambiguous status may be the best for all concerned, according to France’s new envoy to Washington.
“There is no middle ground between the West and China, and it’s better maybe to keep things under control and protect the status quo,” Laurent Bili, a veteran diplomat whose past posts included serving as ambassador to Beijing, said in an interview Thursday on Bloomberg Television. “There are certain issues, we have to think that maybe the status quo is the best that we can achieve.”