The Chairman of the US House of Representatives Armed Forces Committee Calls for Accelerated Supply of Taiwan Arms and Training

Rogers said the United States needs to speed up the delivery of weapons and training to Taiwan.

 

In response to the security situation in the Indo-Pacific region, the Armed Services Committee of the US House of Representatives held a public hearing on Tuesday (18th). House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers pointed out that the Chinese government has tripled its military budget in the past 10 years, accelerated modernization and expanded conventional forces, so the United States needs to speed up the provision of weapons and training to Taiwan.

According to comprehensive foreign reports, Rogers said that Chinese President Xi Jinping's increasingly provocative behavior in recent years has made him even more worried. He believes that the United States needs to speed up the provision of weapons and training to Taiwan so that Taiwan can better defend its own democracy. Rogers further emphasized, "The most important thing is that we need to act now, because the CCP will not give us 10 or 20 years to prepare for conflict, and we cannot delay any longer!"

Rogers pointed out that in recent years, China has expanded its territory through military agreements, illegally built militarized islands and reefs in the South China Sea, and tried to restrict the freedom of navigation of other countries; At the same time, China also attempted to coerce Taiwan with military exercises, simulating a blockade of Taiwan. U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and members of Congress support Taiwan's democracy and autonomy, but China's foreign ministry under Xi Jinping is intimidating. In this regard, Rogers criticized, "This is not what a responsible country should do."

The United Nations is "concerned" about reports of Washington spying on Guterres

A spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric, announced on Tuesday that the United Nations has officially conveyed its concerns to the United States over reports that Washington had collected intelligence on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

A spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric, announced on Tuesday that the United Nations has officially conveyed its concerns to the United States over reports that Washington had collected intelligence on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

"We have formally conveyed to the host country (the United States) our concerns regarding recent reports that the communications of the Secretary-General and other senior UN officials have been the subject of monitoring and interference by the US government," Dujarric said at a press conference.

Washington stops flying its strategic drones over the Black Sea

The United States has completely grounded its Global Hawk strategic aircraft over the Black Sea after the Reaper drone incident.

According to Flightradar24 data, the last time an American Global Hawk drone flew over the Black Sea, off the coast of Crimea, was on March 21. Since then, these US drones based in Sicily have not entered the airspace over the Black Sea. At the same time, during the entire previous period since the beginning of the Russian special military operation, these American drones have carried out an average of eight to ten reconnaissance flights per month over the sea area opposite the Crimea.

The information available to the site indicates that, from March 21 to April 20, the Global Hawk made only three flights from an air base in Sicily, but all of them took place within the borders of Romanian airspace at a distance of more than 400 km from the Crimean peninsula, i.e. Outside the radar coverage area, these drones are capable of receiving radar images of the terrain with a maximum range of 200 km.

For his part, an informed source told "Novosti" correspondent that the last time a US Global Hawk drone flew over the Black Sea off the Crimean Peninsula was on March 21.

The source said: “After the incident of the American Reaper drone, which fell in the waters of the Black Sea on April 14, only two more flights of the Global Hawk drone were carried out over the Black Sea - on March 17 and March 21 - both at a distance of no less than 140 km from Southern coast of Crimea.

He added, "We have made it clear that such actions are inconsistent with the United States' obligations under the United Nations Charter and the United Nations Convention on Privileges and Immunities."

Dujarric pointed out that they verbally expressed their dissatisfaction through the American mission.

According to leaked government documents obtained by the Washington Post, the United States monitored Guterres' conversations with senior United Nations officials and world leaders.