US Defense Secretary: soon provides more security assistance to Taiwan

U.S. Defense Secretary Austin said the United States will soon transport additional security assistance to Taiwan.

According to Reuters, Austin told Congress on Tuesday (May 16): "The United States will soon pass the Presidential Drawn Authority approved by Congress last year to provide TaiwanAssistance. "

President's extraction rights allow US President to skip Congress for approval and directly allocate materials from the United States.This emergency authorization has been used to provide many military aids to Ukraine.

Reuters earlier quoted people familiar with the matter that the US government intends to provide weapons assistance to Taiwan with an urgent authorization of Ukrainian military aid for US $ 500 million (about S $ 670 million).