President Biden had a short message for Taiwan after its election of a new president on Saturday.

“We do not support independence,” Biden said on the South Lawn Saturday.

Taiwan voters elected Vice President Lai Ching-te, who goes by William, as president Saturday, keeping the ruling party, the Democratic Progressive Party in power for its third straight term.

The result of the election will determine the country’s relations with China for the next four years. China claims to rule the strip of water between the countries and claims sovereignty over the island despite it being self-governed for nearly three-quarters of a century.