Taiwan off the itinerary, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi begins Asia tour
New Delhi: After a week of increasing US-China tensions over the potential speaker of the US Council of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, it seems that he will not visit the island country, which is seen by Beijing as part of his territory.
PelSi, the third most powerful politician in America, reportedly planned a visit to Taiwan as part of its tour in the Indo-Pacific region which officially began on Sunday.
Taiwan disappeared from a pelSi travel plan, which mentioned other Asian countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan.
“Speaker Nancy Pelosi led the Congress delegation to the Indo-Pacific region, including visits to Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan. This trip will focus on reciprocal security, economic partnership and democratic governance in the Indo-Pacific region, “read the statement issued by his office on Sunday.
This happened three days after US President Joe Biden and his colleague Chinese Xi Jinping had a telephone conversation, where the latter warned “playing with fire” over Taiwan.
Those who play with the fire will perish because of it, “The Chinese Foreign Ministry has quoted the word Chinese President.” It is hoped that the US will be clearly about this. “
If the pelSi passed the visit, he would be the highest high -ranking American official to go to the island since 1997, when the speaker Newt Gingrich had been traveling.
Controversy about the potential for pelSi visits to Taiwan came when the US-China ties were under tension about other problems such as the Russian-Ukraine War, as well as the ongoing trade war between Washington and Beijing.
China sees official contact with Taiwan as a democratic elected island government revenue. Although the US has supported Taiwan’s democratic government, he also walked on the ‘One Chinese’ policy, where he acknowledged that there was one China where Taiwan became his part.
Reflecting American commitment to allies’
Pelosi started his tour in Asia by describing it as a re -affirmation of the US commitment to its allies in the region.
“I lead the Congress delegation to Indo-Pacific to reaffirm that the American commitment is unwavering to the allies & our friends in this region. In Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea & Japan, we will hold a high-level meeting to discuss how we can advance the interests & values with us, “he tweeted on Sunday.
On Saturday, before the visit, China said he was doing military training off the coast across the Taiwan.
On the same day, the Chinese commentator and the former editor in chief of the Tabloid owned by the State of Global Times Hu Xijin, removed the military retaliation’s warning tweet if we jet fighter escorted the pelSi during a visit to Taiwan.
Twitter then blocked his account because the tweet was considered to have violated the platform rules.