Gu Liyan, director of the United States Association (AIT), said that Taiwan ’s priority list delivered in the US military sales does not rule out the possibility of cooperation with Taiwan on the defense supply chain.
Comprehensive Taiwan Liberty Times United Daily report reported that Gu Liyan said on a press conference in Taipei on Wednesday (September 4) that the delivery of military sales is very important for the Bayeng government and the US Congress.The problem is that the situation in Europe, the Middle East and other regions is complicated, and the operating conditions of the US arms industry base are tight.
Gu Liyan pointed out that the United States is double investing in national defense military production bases all over the world, and cooperate with companies that are not traditionally cooperated with the military industry.
He said that many regions and fields have military purchase demand, and the United States must have priority sorting, and "Taiwan's priority list in the United States" is also the US President Biden authorized foreign military financing and allowing the United States to allow the United StatesReasons for the demand for military sales in Taiwan as soon as possible.
Gu Liyan said that in the past six months, the speed of the United States has grown very large -scale growth and progress in Taiwan's military sales, and it will continue to work hard in the future.He emphasized that the United States has a firm position on Taiwan's self -defense capabilities, and its commitment to Taiwan will continue.
In response to Taiwan's foreign minister Lin Jialong pointed out that Taiwan has been incorporated into the "Friends Outsourcing" by the United States. Gu Liyan said that the United States does seek cooperative military production relations with many partners in the world."I think this is absolutely possible."
Gu Liyan also mentioned that he was more confident in Taiwan's defense reform and the toughness of the whole society, and also had confidence in the overall Indo -Pacific security situation.
When asked about the conflict of the Taiwan Strait, whether there was any preparation for withdrawal overseas Chinese. Gu Liyan said that there are many internal plans that AIT must do, but they did not make specific plans or discussions on the withdrawal overseas Chinese.
In addition, in response to the media inquiring about the possibility of "Indo -Pacific version of NATO", Gu Liyan explained that there is no need for an alliance at present. NATO faces the same challenge together in Europe, while the problem of Indo -Pacific region is diverse. "The League Network "is more flexible to face the challenges of the South China Sea or the Taiwan Strait. The United States will expand the training and procurement of training, arms production and procurement in the region, increase the synergy and communication between each other, and there will be more trilateral military exercises.