00:00The U.S. has agreed to extend the initial payment deadline for 82 HIMARS rocket systems for Taiwan.
00:30The extension comes as Taiwan's legislature remains deadlocked over a special defense budget that could be used to fund arms
00:36purchases.
00:37U.S. officials are expected to wrap up contract negotiations for the new HIMARS by the end of May.
00:43Taiwan's defensive industry stressed the extension was only granted after extensive coordination.
00:48It says it will keep pushing to pass the budget to avoid similar issues in the future.
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