Want China Times
Date: 2015-05-12
By: CNA

Taiwan’s president, Ma Ying-jeou, urged the United States Monday to provide

Raymond Burghardt meets President Ma Ying-jeou at the Presidential Office in Taipei, May 11. (Photo/CNA)

further assistance with the country’s military submarine program, which has seen little progress in the past 11 years.

During a meeting with Raymond Burghardt, chairman of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), Ma expressed hope for help from the US as Taiwan continues to pursue its submarine program through a combination of indigenous development and imports.

Burghardt arrived in Taiwan a day earlier on a routine visit, his 17th trip to Taiwan. The AIT represents US interests in Taiwan in the absence of diplomatic ties.     [FULL  STORY]