America agrees to sell missiles and drones to Taiwan

, the Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced that the US State Department has agreed to the possible sale of hundreds of missiles and drones worth $360 million to Taiwan.

This agency added in a statement: The sale of these weapons to Taiwan will help to improve Taiwan’s security and maintain political stability, military balance and economic development in this region.

According to this report, these weapons include Switch Blade 300 anti-personnel and anti-armor roaming munitions and related equipment worth 2.60 million dollars and ALTIUS drones. 600M-V and related equipment will be worth about 300 million dollars. Cruising munitions are small guided missiles that can fly around a target before directly striking it.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense expressed its gratitude to the US government, especially Washington’s efforts to increase arms sales to Taiwan. Taiwan had previously complained about the delay in sending the weapons promised by Washington.

The statement of the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan states: In the face of Beijing’s numerous military operations around the island of Taiwan, the sale of American weapons to Taiwan, the possibility of detection and strike at the right time is provided for Taipei, and the Taiwanese military can quickly respond to enemy threats.

According to this statement, peace and Stability in the Taiwan Strait requires China’s goodwill. We hope that the People’s Liberation Army of China will stop its aggressive military operations around Taiwan and contribute to stability in the region.

At the same time, not long ago, the new president of Taiwan, William Lai, who was elected to this position in January, stated Kord seeks to promote mutual understanding and interaction and peace and compromise with China through trade and cooperation, creating common interests and moving towards peace and common prosperity. But China called Lai a “troublemaker” and “separatist”.

The new president of Taiwan called for a dialogue with the Chinese authorities and added: I ask the Beijing authorities to stop the political and military pressure on Taiwan and take responsibility. take their responsibility towards Taiwan and work hard to maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the region to ensure that the world is free from the fear of a war.

Washington and Taipei have increased their military cooperation in recent years amid daily Chinese aggression. They have increased Taiwan’s air defense zone and holding Chinese army exercises near this island.

Taiwan and China after the 1949 civil war that Mao Zedong came to power, they separated. Since then, China has considered Taiwan as one of its territories that should eventually be rejoined by China. Over the past 4 years, the Chinese government has held regular military exercises around the Taiwan Strait, the most important of which were the extensive military exercises in 2022 and 2023.

Ministry of Affairs The US Foreign Ministry announced in a statement that Washington is deeply concerned about China’s military exercises in and around the Taiwan Strait and asks China to act with restraint.

China always claims that Taiwan should be under the rule of this country and has been trying for Taiwan for the past few years. but the government of Taiwan has always declared that it has independent sovereignty and the people of this country should decide their own destiny.

America in 1979 while which officially established diplomatic relations with the Chinese government, abandoned relations with Taiwan. While the US insists on a “one China” policy, it does not endorse China’s claim to sovereignty over Taiwan and remains a key military supporter of Taipei. stop arms to Taiwan.

A few days ago, the American government in the bill Foreign aid allocated about 8 billion dollars to Taiwan to fight against China.       

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