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Nancy Pelosi waiting in Taiwan. Usa: 'China does not use the visit as a pretext for an escalation'

2022-08-01T19:16:51.272Z


Beijing's warning: 'We will take decisive and strong countermeasures to protect sovereignty'. The speaker of the American Chamber arrived in Singapore, the first stop on the itinerary in Asia (ANSA)


"

Pelosi has not yet announced a visit to Taiwan

and it's up to you to decide

."

National Security Council spokesman

John Kirby

said this in a press briefing.

"Nothing has changed in US policy" towards Taiwan.

"We do not support its independence," he reiterated.

"Pelosi

has the right to go to Taiwan

", Kirby continued, stressing that China knows that in the United States "there is a separation of powers and the Chamber is an independent branch".

Beijing

, the spokesman for the National Security Council stressed, "

should not create a crisis

"on that." There have been congressional speakers and representatives who have visited Taiwan in the past, "he said.

"

Beijing does not use a visit as a pretext to raise the level of tension

".

Kirby said this, specifying that American President Joe Biden

also spoke of this

in his

phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping

.

"China appears to be preparing for further action" in the coming days, including military provocations, "he added.

The

US aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan

and its strike group, meanwhile, are located

near Taiwan

in the Philippine Sea, east of the Bashi Channel, as part of a repositioning of US military assets.

The Liberty Times of Taipei cites in this regard the monitoring of the US naval units of the semi-official Chinese network SCSPI (South China Sea Probing Initiative) a few hours after the possible stop on the island of the

US speaker

Nancy Pelosi

.

According to the route followed, the aircraft carrier is in a position to 'cover' the visit.

The strike group, which departed from Singapore on 26 July, includes in normal situations one to two nuclear submarines.

On the Chinese front, on the other hand, the

Shandong aircraft carrier

, the second commissioned by China, would be located in Hainan, where it arrived about ten days ago.

On the fortified island in the South China Sea, on the other hand, various fighter jets have been deployed, while naval units have been registered mainly to follow the Reagan attack group.

Finally, the Taiwan Ministry of Defense marked the

incursion of four Chinese J-16 fighters

into its island defense airborne identification space in the evening.

Although far from the records of the past few months, the blitz represents the signal of Beijing's willingness not to want to ease the

pressure on Taiwan

, an island considered as an "inalienable" part of its territory, to be reunified by force, if necessary.

The purpose of Nancy Pelosi's trip

- who landed in

Singapore

 on Monday 1 August - is "to reaffirm the unwavering commitment of the United States to allies and friends in the Indo-Pacific".

Peace, security, economic growth, international trade, climate change and human rights will be the topics of discussion during the visits.

"A free and prosperous Indo-Pacific will benefit not only the United States but also the whole world," said the speaker of the US House.

China

, however, assures that its armed forces will not "stand by" in the event of a visit to Taiwan by the president of the US House

.

"We would like

to warn the US again

that China is waiting and that the People's Liberation Army will not stand by," said Foreign Ministry spokesman

Zhao Lijian

, assuring that "China will certainly take

decisive and strong countermeasures in defense. of territorial sovereignty

and integrity ".

The US should respect the principle of

One China

, the three Sino-American communiques, and keep President Biden's promise not to support Taiwan's independence.




Source: ansa

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