President Lai Ching-te said Taiwan "will not be sacrificed or traded" amid concerns regarding the content of the U.S.-China summit held last week, Reuters reported Sunday.
While Taiwan won't initiate trouble, it won't give up its "national sovereignty and dignity, or our democratic and free way of life, under pressure," Lai said, calling China the real source of regional instability, according to the report.
Lai added that the U.S. arms sales to Taiwan are mandated by law under the Taiwan Relations Act.
The Republic of China, Taiwan's formal name, lost a civil war to Mao Zedong's communists, who founded the People's Republic of China, Reuters wrote.