Pak Sahafat – The head of the US House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee said: “Congress is considering expediting the shipment of weapons to Taiwan in order to complete the transfer of $14 billion worth of weapons to this self-governing island.”
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency, the Rashatoudi website wrote: “Gregory Meeks”, a Democratic member of Congress, in an interview with the Defense News website, added: American lawmakers are working on a plan that will speed up the delivery of these weapons to Taiwan and reduce administrative procedures.
He also said that Congress is investigating the delay in arms sales to Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
Rashatodi wrote: American senators are reviewing the process of transferring foreign weapons, the main part of which is to assess the issue that these weapons are not in the hands of incompetent people and do not endanger the national security of the United States. This process may take more than a year.
Lara Crouch, a Republican member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Congress is interested in shortening the process while maintaining its integrity. We don’t just want to make our technology available to everyone, but senators should look at how we can strengthen this process.
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The US Senate is expected to consider the delay in arms transfers to Taiwan in September. The Foreign Relations Committee of the US Senate plans to draft the so-called Taiwan policy law this month.
This plan includes additional military aid worth 4.5 billion dollars to Taipei (Taiwan’s capital) and obliges the US Department of Defense and State Department to prioritize and accelerate military sales to Taiwan and delay further arms sales to this country.
According to Defense News, the legislation would also grant Taiwan the status of a major non-NATO ally and allow the U.S. to build a war stockpile for Taiwan, consisting mostly of munitions.
These reserves, which will be allocated 500 million dollars per year until 2025, will be made available immediately in case of an attack by China.
However, China has repeatedly warned the US about arming Taiwan. Beijing officials have warned that they will take “decisive and firm measures” if Washington continues its military support for Taiwan. China considers the US action a clear violation of the One China policy and other diplomatic agreements with Washington.