Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/08/20
By: Joseph Yeh

Taipei, Aug. 20 (CNA) The United States de facto ambassador to Taiwan Brent Christensen on Tuesday visited a naval base in Kaohsiung, where he looked at a destroyer and a batch of amphibious vehicles that the U.S. had sold to Taiwan more than 12 years ago.

The visit to the Zuoying Naval Base by Christensen, director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), came one day after U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that he had approved the sale of F-16V fighter jets to Taiwan.

At the naval base, Christensen toured a Keelung-class destroyer, formerly a U.S. Kidd-class destroyer, and looked at the AAV7 Assault Amphibious Vehicles that are assigned to the Marine Corps stationed at the base.

In a series of Facebook posts about the visit, the AIT said the U.S. sells Taiwan defense equipment in accordance with the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) in order to maintain regional peace and stability.
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