(Washington Comprehensive News) The United States plans to use emergency authorization to promote Taiwan's 500 million US dollars (S $ 6.33 million) weapon assistance through urgent authorization in Ukraine.
Comprehensive Bloomberg and Reuters on Saturday (May 6), sources said that the United States was planning to provide Taiwan with the above -mentioned weapon assistance through the Presidential Drawn Authority mechanism.
President's extraction right allows US President to skip the approval of Congress and directly allocate materials from the US existing inventory.This emergency authorization has been used to provide 35 military aid to Ukraine.
As part of the US budget in 2023, the U.S. Congress approves the use of the "Presidential Extraction right" to provide the maximum value of $ 1 billion in Taiwan.The 500 million yuan this time will be the first to extract through this special mechanism.
No news has disclosed the specific content and implementation time of the Taiwan military in Taiwan.
A spokesman of the Pentagon confirmed to Reuters on Friday (May 5th) that when the US Secretary of Defense Austin attended the hearing at the Senate in February this year, he mentioned that he intends to use the presidential extraction right.But the spokesman did not answer whether the United States was promoting the 500 million US dollar weapon assistance, but just claimed: "Our approach is consistent with the long -term policy of the United States ... We are trying to fulfill the obligations under the Taiwan Relations Law. We will continueDo so. "
Since 1979, the Taiwan Relations Law has become a legal basis for the United States to provide self -defense to Taiwan.The United States passed the National Defense Authorization Act at the end of 2022 and promised to provide Taiwan a $ 10 billion military aid to Taiwan between 2023 and 2027.
According to Taiwan Zhongshi News Network, Taiwan ’s Executive Chen Jianren responded to the latest US military aid news on Saturday:" In the face of the expansion of authoritarian power, we must prepare for war before we can stop fighting;Avoid war. "
Chen Jianren said that in countries with the same ideas, Taiwan will maintain the free stability of the Indo -Pacific region, ensure the value of democracy and freedom, and avoid the annexation and aggression of authoritarian power.
Since last year, the Russian and Ukraine War has put pressure on US national production capacity, and Taiwan has complained about the delayed delivery of US weapons.Taiwan Defense Minister Qiu Guozheng revealed on Thursday (May 4) that due to the interruption of the supply chain, 66 F-16V fighters purchased from the United States delayed delivery.
The United States news about Taiwan's military aid will cause Beijing dissatisfaction.In response to the recent visit to Taiwan, the 25 military fire merchants in the United States have recently visited Taiwan. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Mao Ning was condemned the United States on Friday (May 5) that the United States was turning Taiwan into a "gunpowder barrel" and urging the United States to stop selling Taiwan weapons and stop making the tension of the Taiwan Strait.
