00:00Following the recent summit between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, Taiwan is once again at the center of tensions between
00:07Beijing and Washington. Our correspondent Bruno Fasci has more details.
00:14Greetings comrades from Beijing, I came to report that Taiwan received its first two F-16 fighter jets on Friday,
00:24out of a total of 66 acquired from the United States as part of the modernization of its military capabilities.
00:33The aircraft arrived at an airbase in eastern Taiwan. The contract, approved in 2019 for around a billion dollars, covers
00:44the delivery of 66 aircrafts whose arrival was delayed due to software and production issues.
00:52Taiwan Defense Minister Wellington Koh confirmed that this will not be the only aircraft delivered this year, and that the
01:02arrival dates for the remaining jets will be coordinated with the United States.
01:08The delivery comes one week after the President Xi Jinping and Donald Trump met in Washington, amid tensions between Beijing
01:19and Washington over the island of Taiwan.
01:23It's important to remember that Taiwan is part of China. In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Resolution
01:342758, which restored the rights of the People's Republic of China and the United Nations.
01:42Beijing opposed the United States arms sales to Taiwan and calls on Washington to respect the one China principle.
01:52From here, in Beijing, with this information, we return with you to the studios.
