US approved approved over $425 million in arms sales to Taiwan. President Biden signed off on two new significant arms sales to Taiwan in approvals that are sure to rankle China,on Tuesday.
According to State Department, it had okayed sales worth more than $425 million of spare aircraft parts to support Taiwan’s fleet of F-16 fighters, C-130 transport planes and other U.S.-supplied weapons systems.
This package includes $330 million in standard replacement parts and $98 million in non-standard equipment along with related accessories and logistics.
The sales were announced just weeks after President Joe Biden met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for talks in Indonesia in which China’s increasingly aggressive behavior toward Taiwan was a major issue.
China regards Taiwan as a renegade province and has vowed to reunify the island with the mainland by force, if necessary. It has roundly condemned previous U.S. arms sales to Taiwan as violations of Washington’s “one-China policy” and is expected to react similarly to Tuesday’s announcement.-AP/UNS
Biden administration approves $425 million in arms sales to Taiwan
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