PARTNERSHIP: The US is no longer indifferent to US-Taiwan issues as Washington is now of the opinion that China should be contained, a National Policy Foundation fellow said
Taipei Times
Date: Aug 15, 2018
By: Lu Yi-hsuan and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA
Taiwan yesterday thanked the US for its continual support after US
Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Andrew Lee, talking to reporters at the ministry in Taipei yesterday, expresses Taiwan’s gratitude after US President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019. Photo: Lu Yi-hsuan, Taipei Times
President Donald Trump on Monday signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019, which includes two provisions pertaining to Taiwan.
Taiwan would “continue to act in conjunction with the US government to stabilize and deepen the security partnership between Taiwan and the US in a mutually beneficial way,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), who arrived in Los Angeles on Sunday to make a transit stop before continuing on to Paraguay and Belize, also conveyed her gratitude to US officials in a meeting on Monday.
Taiwan’s national defense spending would continue to increase and the use of special budgets would be approved in the case of important purchases, Tsai said. [FULL STORY]
