Biden administration approves $1.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan

The Biden administration knowledgeable Congress on Friday that it accepted a billion-dollar arms sale to Taiwan.

The upcoming sale, which is prone to additional improve tensions between america and China, will embody as much as 60 anti-ship missiles, as much as 100 air-to-air missiles, and a $655 million logistics plan for Taiwan’s surveillance radar program, the administration stated.

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"In step with the Taiwan Relations Act, america makes obtainable to Taiwan protection articles and companies essential to allow it to keep up a ample self-defense functionality," a spokesperson for the State Division informed CNN.

China warned the U.S. to revoke the sale Friday, claiming it will jeopardize their relationship.

"It sends improper alerts to 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces and severely jeopardizes China-US relations and peace and stability throughout the Taiwan Strait," Liu Pengyu, a spokesman for the Chinese language Embassy in Washington, stated, in line with AFP. "China will resolutely take legit and mandatory counter-measures in mild of the event of the state of affairs."

Tensions between Beijing and the U.S. elevated final month after Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) visited Taiwan.

Since Pelosi's go to, there have been at the least two different congressional visits and several other visits by U.S. governors, together with Gov. Eric Holcomb (R-IN). All visits have been condemned by China.