May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. arms sales to Taiwan take years to process and are unrelated to the war with Iran, a source familiar with the matter said, after a senior U.S. official suggested there was a pause due to the need to have enough arms for the conflict.Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, has been waiting for the U.S. to approve an arms sale that Reuters has reported could be worth up to $14 billion.

The Trump administration paused a $14 billion Taiwan arms sale over U.S. munitions concerns tied to the Iran conflict.

The acting US navy secretary said that arm sales to Taiwan has been put on hold to ensura that the military has enough weapons for operations in Iran.