“We take very seriously our responsibility to help provide Taiwan with the weapons it needs for self-defense ... and this will not change,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
It is noted that in the context of using Washington's own stockpiles of weapons to supply foreign countries, Kirby said that American leader Joe Biden, together with the Pentagon, evaluates such actions every time in order to "keep the combat readiness of the United States itself."
Earlier, the Wall Street Journal, citing sources, wrote that the US authorities were concerned about the threat of a shortage of weapons for supplies to Taiwan due to large-scale military assistance to Ukraine.
On November 27, the Taiwan Defense Ministry identified four Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy ships and eight Chinese aircraft near the island.