Washington, April 22 (CNA) A senior official at the U.S. Department of Defense on Wednesday urged Taiwan’s political parties to work together to approve a special defense budget, saying that the United States has multiple tools to provide security assistance to Taiwan.
Speaking at a House Armed Services Committee hearing, John Noh, assistant secretary for Indo-Pacific security affairs at the Defense Department, cited the United States’ Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, Taiwan Defense Act, and Taiwan Security Cooperation Initiative as the basis for such assistance.
“We’re actively working to present options to our leadership, including to (Defense) Secretary Hegseth and the president, on different ways to provide security assistance to Taiwan and will continue to do so,” Noh said.
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