Washington
President Joe Biden said the US military believes it is not a good idea for House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to travel to Taiwan as planned.
Pelosi is planning to visit Taiwan in August, but the White House said her plans have not been locked in yet.
China has strongly opposed US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s upcoming visit to Taiwan next month amid concerns over cross-strait ties following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The military thinks it’s not a good idea right now, Biden said.
Addressing the press, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said the Chinese side has stated on many occasions that it is firmly opposed to any form of official interaction between the US and the Taiwan region.
If Speaker Pelosi visits Taiwan, this would gravely violate the one-China principle and the stipulations of the three China-US joint communiques, seriously undermine China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, severely impact the political foundation of China-U.S. relations and send a seriously wrong signal to ‘Taiwan independence’ secessionist forces, Zhao said.
Beijing’s opposition came after a US media report said that the US House of Representatives plans to visit Taiwan in August amid tension with China.
Pelosi and her delegation will also visit Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore, and spend time in Hawaii at the headquarters of the US Indo-Pacific command, sources reported.
According to sources, If the news is true and the trip happens, it will be one of the most egregious provocations by the US to China on the Taiwan question since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the US.
