Emphasizing the importance of the Indo-Pacific region to global security, US President Joe Biden identified the Indo-Pacific as the critical region for the future of the US and the world.
In a statement, the White House highlighted the range of security assistance provided to Taiwan, including the first-ever use of Foreign Military Financing (FMF) and Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), as well as International Military Education and Training (IMET), Taipei Times reported.
The department in its notification to the Congress wrote: “FMF will be used to strengthen Taiwan’s self-defence capabilities through joint and combined defence capability and enhanced maritime domain awareness and maritime security capability.”
Addressing the seminar in Washington, Pakistan's envoy to US Masood Khan said, "It is important that the US restores -- for Pakistan -- Foreign Military Financing and Foreign Military Sales, suspended by the previous administration."
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