Formosa News
Date: 2018/05/11
The US House of Representatives’ Armed Services Committee yesterday approved draft legislation calling for joint military exercises as well as the expansion of high-level military exchanges and arms sales with Taiwan. Taiwan’s Ministries of Foreign Affairs and National Defense both expressed their gratitude today. The legislation will next be sent to the House for review. This is yet another sign of swelling support for Taiwan in the US Congress, after the legislation of the Taiwan Travel Act two months ago.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today inaugurated a new department, the “Indo-Pacific Affairs Section” in response to the Trump administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy. In addition, US-Taiwan military exchanges have also seen some new changes.
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