The American president thus commented on the possibility that the speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi will travel to Taiwan. According to the Financial Times, the visit scheduled for August
He was supposed to go in April. Then Covid stopped it, but it seems that there visit to Taiwan from Nancy Pelosi is still on the agenda. At least for now. He should visit the country in the coming weeks, assures the Financial Times. And it would be the first visit by a speaker of the House of Representatives in the last 25 years (the last was Newt Ginrich, in 1997). But now the situation has changed. And the president himself intervened on the possibility of the trip Joe Bidenquestioned by reporters: The military thinks it’s not a good idea.
The comment, as brief as it is effective, comes immediately after a statement by the Chinese foreign minister Zhao Lijiang, who assured that if Nancy Pelosi’s plans to visit Taiwan are confirmed, she would take strong and resolute measures. This is because the trip would seriously undermine China’s sovereignty and territorial integritywould affect the foundations of relations between China and the United States and send the wrong signal to the independence forces of Taiwan.
The war in Ukraine did only that add tension to the Taiwanese situation, raising concerns of a possible imminent invasion by China. That he never accepted the independence of the island. Adds the director of the CIA, William Burnin a speech at the Aspen Security Forum: Our feeling that it is not “yes” China invaded Taiwan but when. Biden is planning a telephone appointment with Chinese President Xi Jinping by the end of the month. It would be the first conversation between the two leaders in the past four months.
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