China condemned Sunday the United States’ current army gross sales and help to Taiwan, warning that such actions quantity to “playing with fire.”
U.S. President Joe Biden licensed Saturday the supply of as much as $571 million in Defense Department materials and providers and in army training and coaching for Taiwan.
Separately, the Defense Department mentioned Friday that $295 million in army gross sales had been permitted.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry assertion urged the U.S. to cease arming Taiwan and cease what it referred to as “harmful strikes that undermine peace and stability within the Taiwan Strait.”
Taiwan is a democratic island of 23 million people who the Chinese authorities claims as its territory and says should come underneath its management. U.S. army gross sales and help goal to assist Taiwan defend itself and deter China from launching an assault.
The $571 million in army help comes on high of Biden’s authorization of $567 million for a similar functions in late September. The army gross sales embrace $265 million for about 300 tactical radio techniques and $30 million for 16 gun mounts.
Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry welcomed the approval of the 2 gross sales, saying in a social media publish on X that it reaffirmed the U.S. authorities’s “dedication to our protection.”
Source: www.dailysabah.com