September 17, 2024
No. 308
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has received official notification from the United States government that the executive branch has informed Congress of a US$228 million sale to Taiwan for the return, repair, and reshipment of spare parts and related equipment. MOFA highly welcomes this news and thanks the US government for continuing to honor its security commitments as outlined in the Taiwan Relations Act and the Six Assurances.
This is the 16th arms sale to Taiwan made by the administration of President Joe Biden since he took office in 2021. It continues the US policy in recent years of normalized arms sales to Taiwan and highlights the rock-solid US security commitment to Taiwan. The announcement also demonstrates the US government’s strong support for enhancing Taiwan’s defense capabilities and its high regard for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
Given China’s frequent use of gray-zone tactics to intimidate and coerce Taiwan and other countries in the region, Taiwan will continue to show its determination to protect the nation. It will enhance its self-defense capabilities and asymmetric warfighting capacity while staunchly upholding its people’s well-being and free and democratic way of life. It will also further deepen the close Taiwan-US security partnership so as to jointly safeguard the rules-based international order and advance peace, stability, and prosperity across the Taiwan Strait and throughout the Indo-Pacific region. (E)