Arming Ukraine Hasn’t Slowed Flow of Weapons to Taiwan, US Says
- ‘We are singularly focused on Taiwan,’ Jessica Lewis says
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Servicemen load military equipment into a truck.
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The push to funnel increasingly advanced weapons to Ukraine hasn’t interfered with the US’s long-standing policy of arming Taiwan against threats from China, a top State Department official said on Friday.
“We are singularly focused on Taiwan” even as weapons sent to Ukraine and Eastern Europe have surged, Jessica Lewis, the assistant secretary of state for political and military affairs, told reporters Friday.