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Monday, September 29, 2008

Taiwan optimistic over approval of U.S. weapons deal

Taiwan is still optimistic that the United States will approve a US$11 billion weapons deal for the island despite missing an important deadline, media reported yesterday.

The Pentagon was expected to notify the U.S. Congress of its intention to sell the arms to Taiwan by the end of its current session last Friday.

Taiwan has expressed worries that if the U.S. missed the deadline, the Legislative Yuan would have to start the process of approving a budget for the arms package from the start.

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