The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the US approval of a potential $ 1.8 billion in arms sales to Taiwan would have a major impact on China-US relations.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a daily press briefing in Beijing that China will take appropriate response according to the development of the situation.

The US Defense Department announced that the US State Department had approved a potential arms deal with Taiwan, worth about $ 1.8 billion.

On Wednesday, Congress was formally notified of the approval of the deal, which includes the sale of 11 HIMARS missile launchers made by Lockheed Martin, worth $ 436 million, and 135 pieces of SLAM-ER air-to-surface missile systems along with the equipment. The company has made its own, "Boeing", worth more than one billion dollars, as well as electronic equipment for the "F-16" fighters to transmit data, worth 367.2 million dollars.

Reuters reported that the US administration is activating 5 deals to sell weapons to Taiwan, with a total value of about $ 5 billion.

Reuters reported that the US administration is working to activate 5 deals to sell weapons to Taiwan, with a total value of about $ 5 billion.

This comes within the framework of efforts by President Donald Trump's administration to increase pressure on China, which considers Taiwan Island part of its territory, despite the existence of an independent government there since the end of the civil war between the Communists and nationalists in China in the 1940s.

Source: Reuters

By:Nadeemy Haded