The United States has told Taiwan that it is ready to supply eight diesel submarines to Taiwan to boost Taipei's defences against China and to avoid layoffs at an American shipyard, US Representative Rob Simmons (Republican of Connecticut) said in a statement on Thursday.
Simmons discussed the proposed sub sale with President Chen Shui-bian on Wednesday, according to the statement from Simmons's office, released through the de facto US embassy in Taiwan, the American Institute in Taiwan.
"Simmons presented Chen with letters from the Electric Boat (EB) Corp. and its labour leaders indicating a capability and will to build the boats at the Groton-based shipyard," the statement said.
"We stand willing and ready to help Taiwan maintain the military status quo in the Taiwan Strait," the Connecticut congressman told Chen.
The US Department of Defense has warned that China is in the midst of a large submarine build-up that is destabilizing the military balance between the mainland and the island democracy. Simmons is vice chairman of the Projection Forces Subcommittee, with responsibility for US naval and shipbuilding matters.
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