US House of Representatives spokeswoman Nancy Pelosi arrived in South Korea on Wednesday as a new stopover on her official Asian tour, after a visit to Taiwan that drew harsh criticism from China and retaliation against the island.
The US Air Force plane carrying Pelosi on this trip landed at Osan Air Base (EDT) at 21:26 (south of Seoul) from Taipei, where she met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen hours ago.
In South Korea, American policymakers are making an appointment with the Asian country’s mayor, Kim Jin-pyo, before heading off to Japan, the final destination of his journey, tomorrow.
Spending less than 24 hours on an unannounced official visit to Taiwan, Pelosi promised the United States would not “abandon” the island, while China declared sanctions on what it considered a rebel province and threatened further retaliation.
The visit was the first by a U.S. House Speaker to Taiwan since Republican Newt Gingrich was on the island in 1997.
Taiwan, with which the US has no formal relationship, is one of the biggest sources of conflict between the US and Chinese governments, as Washington is the island’s main arms supplier and would be its biggest military ally in the event of a war with the US. Asian giant.
China has insisted on retaking the island, which has been autonomously administered since the mainland’s ruling nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) party settled there in 1949 after losing the civil war against the communists.
source: Noticias
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