The China Post
Date: July 24, 2016
By: Sun Hsin Hsuan

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Navy Command Headquarters (MND) Saturday quashed reports suggesting that the delivery of a U.S. arms sales order to Taiwan had been postponed, claiming that Taipei maintains stable relations with Washington.

According to a report Liberty Times published early Saturday, the U.S. military had informed the MND only recently that an order of 36 AAV-7 assault amphibious vehicles would begin delivery in 2020.

An original contract had scheduled the first batch of the order to begin delivery in the second half of this year and to be completed by 2019.

The news outlet also reported that the down payment had already been made before the deferment was unilaterally decided.     [FULL  STORY]