After her controversial trip to Taiwan, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, should visit the ultra-fortified border that separates South Korea from its northern neighbor this Thursdaya South Korean source told AFP news agency.

Pelosi, who arrived in Seoul on Wednesday evening, is expected to visit the “demilitarized zone” (DMZ), says the same source.

If the shift happens, Pelosi would be the highest ranking US official visit the border town of Panmunjom since Donald Trump in 2019.

In 2019 Trump, then president of the United States, met the North Korean leader there Kim Jong Un.

In a meeting with the president of the South Korean National Assembly, Kim Jin-pyo, Pelosi spoke about the nuclear weapons programs from North Korea.

Both officials “expressed their concern to the growing threats showing North Korea, “according to a joint statement after their meeting.

North Korea conducted a record number of weapons tests this year.

Pelosi and his South Korean counterpart asked “a strong and prolonged deterrent against North Korea “and said they would support their leaders’ efforts to denuclearize Pyongyang.

The US representative must speak to the South Korean president on the phone Yoon Suk-yeolon vacation this week, according to officials.

As part of her Asian tour, Pelosi visited Taiwan for less than 24 hours the day before, a territory that China considers its own.

This trip sparked the indignation of Beijing, which on Thursday launched its most important military maneuvers of recent decades around the island.

Source: AFP.