The Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan said that the United States is preparing to provide a $ 500 million (S $ 662 million) weapon assistance to Taiwan, which is a loophole caused by the delay of military purchase.
According to the Taiwan Liberty Times report, Taiwan Defense Minister Qiu Guozheng said on Monday (May 8) in an inquiry at the Legislative Yuan's Foreign Defense Commission that 500 million US dollars of weapon assistance was made by the delay of the US purchase purchase.compensate.
Bloomberg and Reuters quoted sources on May 6 that the United States is preparing to pass the presidential appropriation rights (PDA) to accelerate the provision of these weapons assistance to Taiwan.When the United States was transporting weapons to Ukraine earlier, the president also used the right to appropriation.
The Taiwan Ministry of National Defense issued a press release on the 6th stating that the right to appropriation of the president was one of the "Strengthening Taiwan Toughness Acts" in the 2023 Fiscal Defense Authorization Law.Defense gap.
