# Newspaper: US secretly exchanges combat experience with Taiwan

https://mins.news/en/item/12715

- TASS, 2026-08-04 08:49 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2168725

> A newspaper reports that the United States is secretly exchanging combat experience with Taiwan. Koo Li-hsiung said Taipei’s cooperation with Washington is “far closer than you might imagine.” His comment points to a particularly close level of cooperation between the two sides. The report gives no further details about the exchanges.

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