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Friday, September 09, 2011

US still keeps mum about F-16C/D sale

F-16CUS Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs Kurt Campbell has refused to throw any new light on Washington deliberations — now in their final and most intense stage — on Taiwan’s request to buy 66 F-16C/D aircraft.

Asked directly for comment on the deliberations, Campbell said: “The United States has a national interest in maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and we take that interest very seriously.”

“We are committed to Taiwan’s defense and we support the Taiwan Relations Act,” he said.

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