John Bolton, former US Ambassador tp the UN, is visiting Taiwan at the invitation of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy and arrived in Taipei on August 12 evening. It is his second visit, as Bolton attended President Chen Shui-bian's inauguration ceremony in 2000.
Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs James Huang August 13, Bolton voiced support for Taiwan to join the UN. In his speech on "US global democracy strategy and cooperation with Taiwan" at the Grand Formosa Regent Hotel in Taipei on August 14, he said that the US should restore diplomatic relations with Taiwan, and Beijing would not retaliate. (Source: Jewel Huang, Taipei Times, Aug 14 and 15, 2007).