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The United States has told Taiwan it will not sell the island 66 long-sought F-16 fighter jets, a report said, but both US and Taiwanese officials insisted no decision had been made yet.
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\nTaiwan applied to the United States in 2007 to buy the F-16C\/Ds, improved versions of the F-16A\/Bs that the island’s air force now uses, claiming that the new jets are needed to counter a rising China.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But a US Department of Defense delegation flew to Taipei last week to tell the local authorities that Washington will reject the bid<\/strong>, US magazine Defence News said in a Taipei-datelined article released Sunday.<\/p>\n

“We are so disappointed in the United States,”<\/strong> it quoted an unnamed Taiwan defence ministry official as saying.<\/p>\n

Instead, Washington will help Taipei upgrade its F-16A\/Bs<\/strong>, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Asked for comment on the report, Taiwan’s Deputy Defence Minister Andrew Yang said the island was “still striving for the deal.”<\/p>\n

The American Institute in Taiwan — the US de facto embassy — declined to say whether a Pentagon delegation had visited last week, but also insisted the decision on the F-16s was still pending.<\/p>\n

Beijing considers Taiwan part of its territory and refuses to abandon the possibility of taking Taiwan by force<\/strong>, even though the island has ruled itself since their split in 1949 after a civil war.<\/p>\n

Washington recognizes Beijing rather than Taipei but remains a leading arms supplier to the island.<\/p>\n

China reacted furiously in January 2010 when the Obama administration announced a $6.4 billion arms deal with Taiwan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That package included Patriot missiles, Black Hawk helicopters and equipment for Taiwan’s existing F-16 fleet, but no submarines or new fighter jets.<\/p>\n

Source AFP<\/em>
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