provocative! Foreign media said the United States intends to sell 7 major weapons to Taiwan, including mines, cruise missiles and drones
China Taiwan.com, September 17th, according to multiple Taiwan media reports, Reuters quoted 4 people familiar with the matter in Washington as saying that in order to pressure the mainland, the United States plans to increase arms sales to Taiwan and expand to 7 major weapon systems in one go. Including smart mines, landmines, cruise missiles and high-performance drones, they threatened to make Taiwan as difficult to attack as a "hedgehog."
The defense department of the Taiwan authorities responded to this, stating that all arms purchase cases under evaluation or negotiation are handled under the principle of low-key confidentiality and will be explained to the public when the US officially "notifies Congress."
According to the report, unlike the previous case of scattered sales over the years, it is quite rare for the United States to sell seven weapons to Taiwan at a time.
Arms sales sources said that US Secretary of State Pompeo is scheduled to brief US President Trump this week.
Some of these agreements were proposed by Taiwan more than a year ago, but they have not entered the approval process until now.
According to people familiar with the matter, the arms sales plans of weapons manufacturers including Lockheed Martin Co, Boeing and General Atomics are moving towards the export process, which is expected in a few weeks. Notify Congress within.
Regarding the US arms sales to Taiwan, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin has made it clear that US arms sales to Taiwan seriously violate the one-China principle and the three Sino-US joint communiqués, especially the provisions of the "August 17" communiqué, and seriously damage China's sovereignty and security interests. , A serious violation of the basic norms of international relations.
China firmly opposes this.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense issued a statement on July 9 that the U.S. State Department approved the provision of the Patriot-3 missile to Taiwan for recertification, with a total value of 620 million U.S. dollars. The main contractor is Lockheed Martin.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian once stated that China firmly opposes US arms sales to Taiwan and urges the US to strictly abide by the one-China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-US Joint Communiqués, and stop arms sales to Taiwan and military ties between the United States and Taiwan, so as not to compromise Sino-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. Cause further damage.
In order to safeguard national interests, China has decided to take necessary measures to impose sanctions on Lockheed Martin, the main contractor of the arms sale.
(China Taiwan Network Li Ning)