TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Vice Minister of National Defense Hsu Szu-chien (徐斯儉) said Thursday that four additional US arms deals are pending notification to the US Congress.

Following the announcement of a NT$350.39 billion arms package last month, Hsu revealed that the White House has notified Congress of five cases, with four others under review. The details of these four arms sales will be presented to lawmakers in a classified meeting on Monday.

In late November, President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) proposed a NT$1.25 trillion (US$40 billion) special defense budget to procure US weapons, per Liberty Times. However, due to disagreements between the ruling and opposition parties in the Legislative Yuan, the proposal has yet to pass review and has been blocked seven times.

To break the deadlock, Defense Minister Wellington Koo (顧立雄) will attend the Foreign and National Defense Committee on Monday to provide a confidential report on the special budget’s details, followed by a Q&A session. The meeting will be held in secrecy and the details will not be made public.

The budget includes projects such as air defense, anti-ballistic and anti-tank missiles. It also includes AI-assisted and C5ISR  systems, as well as Taiwan-US joint research and procurement systems.

Hsu said the special procurement regulations must be approved by the Legislative Yuan before the budget can be allocated and enacted.

However, the proposal is constrained by the Classified National Security Information Protection Act and US regulations, which prevent disclosure of details until the US government releases the information. The confidential report aims to break the deadlock and move the proposal forward.