Taiwan’s chief of staff, Tsai Ing-wen, said the island’s law enforcement is currently negotiating with Washington over arms supplies. It has been reported TASS.
“As for the so-called special case you’re talking about, I don’t think it’s special at all. “This aid from the US is mainly due to the epidemic and other factors that have caused delays in the supply of a certain number of weapons,” he said.
Tsai Ing-wen also noted that Taiwan and the United States are currently deciding which weapons to procure.
On May 17, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, at a hearing in the Senate Appropriations Committee of the US Congress, stated that Washington’s to ensure Taiwan important new military aid.
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Before that, Bloomberg delivery Taiwan will receive $ 500 million worth of weapons under a simplified program – for this, the emergency powers of the American president, previously applied to Ukraine, will be used.