Taipei: Taiwan has thanked US administration to approve USD 750 million weapons sales to Taipei, by saying that it allows its own island to maintain “solid self-defense, and regional stability”.
The Taiwanese defense ministry on Thursday noted that this was the first time the Biden government had announced the sale of weapons to Taiwan, added that it showed Washington “always attached the ability of Taiwan’s defense and continued the policy of normalization of weapons sales to Taiwan in the last few years,” Taiwan’s new department also said Taiwan will firmly increase its national defense to “protect the lives of its citizens, and the way of free and democratic life,” and that through close collaboration with the US, it will maintain security in the US, it will maintain the security of the Taiwan Strait and “contribute to the term peace Long, stability, and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific region.
” In the midst of increasing tensions in the Taiwan Strait and increased Chinese coverage in the Taiwan Air Defense Zone, the Biden government announced Wednesday that it had agreed to the possibility of sales of USD 750 million to Taiwan.
The potential agreement includes “40 owned Howitzer artillery systems and related equipment, and present” A.S.
National, economic and security interests by supporting sustainable recipient efforts to modernize the armed forces and maintain credible defensive abilities, “Defense Security Cooperation Agency under the Defense Department said in the news release.
This step followed a series of US weapons.
Sales to Taipei as China Stepping into military and diplomatic pressure on the island of democracy that is ruled itself.
The former US government under Donald Trump has told Congress from 20 major foreign military sales cases proposed for Taiwan, with a combined value of more than $ 18 billion.
According to reports by service Congress research issued in July.
Under the Taiwanese relations law, which was passed by the Congress in 1979 after the United States transferred diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, Washington maintained an unofficial relationship with Taipei and supplied the island with arms and spare parts to allow it to maintain sufficient self defense.
The defense security cooperation agency said the proposed sales of the latest artillery system, which was notified to the congress on Wednesday, would help improve “the ability to meet the current threats and future” temporary “increasingly increasing interoperability with the United States and other allies.” Taiwan and Mainland China have been governed separately since the end of the Chinese civil war more than 70 years ago.
While the Chinese Communist Party never ruled Taiwan, Beijing considered the island to be “inseparable part” from his territory and had repeatedly threatened to use strength if necessary to prevent the island formally declare independence.
In recent years, China has increased its military pressure on Taiwan.
In June, the country sent more than two dozen fighter planes near the island, pushing Taiwan to remind air defense.
On June 1, China’s President XI Jinping promised to complete the reunion with Taiwanese own ruled and vowed to destroy formal independence efforts for the island.
Reacting to comments XI, Taiwanese landmaking board (MAC) accused the CCP to tighten his dictatorship on behalf of national rejuvenation internally and strive to change the international order with the ambition of hegemonically externally, Focus Taiwan reported.
“We urge the other side of the Strait to learn from history and encourage democratic reform,” Mac said, called for the CCP to stop expansionist behavior and acted as a party responsible for promoting regional peace.