MOSCOW, June 23. /TASS/. The United States talks up the mounting threats from China and North Korea to increase US armament deliveries and expand regional influence, Chief of the Russian General Staff’s Main Department Admiral Igor Kostyukov said at the Moscow conference on international security on Wednesday. 

"Simultaneously, the White House is purposefully exploiting the issue of mounting Chinese and North Korean threats to push its partners towards acquiring products of the American military-industrial sector. Washington is expanding the scope of its regional influence through the deliveries of armaments and military hardware," the Russian admiral said.

In particular, the United States handed over armaments worth $16.7 billion to Taipei in 2016-2020, ignoring China’s sensitivity toward the ‘Taiwan problem,’ the Russian defense official said.