Washington approves $425 million in arms sales to Taiwan

The State Department announced that it had approved sales worth more than USD 425 million of spare aircraft parts to support Taiwan's fleet of F-16 fighters, C-130 transport planes and other US-supplied weapons systems.

As stipulated by the Taiwan Relations Act, the United States continues to be the main provider of arms to Taiwan, which is often a source of tension with the People's Republic of China. (ILKHA)