Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said it was facilitating the arrival of the delegation, whose trip has been arranged by the American Institute in Taiwan.
The trio arrived on the back of aC-17 Globemaster III to announce the donation of vaccines to Taiwan at the height of a local COVID-19 break, during a serious shortage of supplies on the island. The gesture drew sharp opposition from Beijing, despite the humanitarian nature of the short visit.
File: The a plane carrying then-Health Secretary Alex Azar lands at Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, on August 9, 2020. Azar, a senior member of President Donald Trump's cabinet at the time, embarked on the highest-level visit to the island since Taipei and Washington broke off formal diplomatic ties in 1979.