Taipei Times
Date: Jul 24, 2018
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Former US secretary of defense Ash Carter yesterday arrived on a visit to Taiwan to speak at a security forum and meet with local officials to exchange views on Taiwan-US relations and regional security issues, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

At the invitation of the government, Carter, who served as defense secretary from February 2015 to January last year under then-US president Barack Obama, is today to speak at the Ketagalan Forum: 2018 Asia Pacific Security Dialogue, the ministry said in a statement.

Carter is scheduled to leave Taiwan later today.

During Carter’s tenure, the Obama administration announced a US$1.83 billion arms sale package for Taiwan, the ministry said.    [FULL  STORY]