Focus Taowan
Date: 2018/05/25
By: Chiang Chin-yeh and Y.F. Low
Washington, May 24 (CNA) The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed its
Image taken from the U.S. House of Representatives website
annual defense policy bill for fiscal 2019 including provisions to help strengthen Taiwan’s military capability.
The US$717 billion National Defense Authorization Act cleared the House 351-66.
Section 1253, headed “Strengthening Taiwan’s Force Readiness,” would direct the U.S. secretary of defense to conduct a comprehensive assessment, in consultation with appropriate counterparts of Taiwan, on ways to enhance and reform Taiwan’s military forces, particularly Taiwan’s reserve forces, according to the text of the bill published by the House.
The assessment would also require the development of recommendations to strengthen bilateral cooperation and improve Taiwan’s self-defense capabilities, it stated.
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