- Home
- World
- News
- Chinese Foreign Ministry Says Pelosi Should Cancel Taiwan Visit Instead of Postponing It
Chinese Foreign Ministry Says Pelosi Should Cancel Taiwan Visit Instead Of Postponing It
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published April 08, 2022 | 06:13 PM
US Speaker for the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi should cancel her visit to Taipei instead of rescheduling it, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 08th April, 2022) US Speaker for the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi should cancel her visit to Taipei instead of rescheduling it, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday.
On Thursday, media reported that the US delegation led by Pelosi intends to visit Japan on Sunday, and then head to Taiwan. However, on Thursday, Speaker's Deputy Chief of Staff Drew Hammill announced that Pelosi contracted COVID-19, therefore the delegation to Asia will be postponed.
"China has recently made its position clear on Speaker Pelosi's planned visit to Taiwan and Chinese officials have also lodged solemn representations with the US side," Zhao said at a briefing.
He expressed sympathy to Pelosi and wished her speedy recovery, adding that he thought "what she should do is not postpone the visit, but cancel it immediately.
"
After reports of Pelosi's planned visit to Taipei, Beijing strongly denounced all possible official interactions between Taiwan and the United States, saying such actions infringe on China's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Official relations between Beijing and Taipei broke down in 1949 after the Kuomintang forces led by Chiang Kai-shek defeated by the Chinese Communist Party in the civil war moved to Taiwan. business and informal contacts between the island and China resumed in the late 1980s. Since the early 1990s, the two sides maintain contacts through nongovernmental organizations, including the Beijing Association for the Advancement of Relations across the Taiwan Strait and the Taipei Cross-Strait Exchange Foundation.
Related Topics
Recent Stories
Govt reduces petrol price by Rs5.45 per litre
Pakistan’s Ambassador to UAE meets Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah
Statement of Engro Corporation - LNG Case Decision
Wasim Akram touches fans’ hearts by new look
Empowering women for employment is the need of hour, says Sadaffe Abid
Global study reveals Pakistan’s inadequate measures against Tobacco Industry
Co-Working Center launched in Okara under PITB’s e-Earn program
BHC judges recommend legal action over agencies interference into judicial matte ..
Third Women T20I: Pakistan to face West Indies today
Mahira Khan delights at Arijit Singh’s concert in Dubai
Dubai Customs Celebrates World Intellectual Property Day, Honors Schools and Uni ..
Vivo Reveals Durefishan Saleem as Brand Ambassador for its Upcoming Y100 Smartph ..
More Stories From World
-
Tennis: ATP/WTA Madrid Open results - 3rd update
7 minutes ago -
Amazon triples quarterly profit as cloud and ads grow
17 minutes ago -
Football: UEFA Champions League result
17 minutes ago -
Police use tear gas, rubber bullets in Georgia pro-EU protest crackdown
37 minutes ago -
Changpeng Zhao, the 'normal guy' who conquered crypto
1 hour ago -
Blinken says first Jordan aid trucks leaving to Gaza through Erez crossing
2 hours ago
-
Mueller starts for Bayern, Tchouameni back for Real Madrid
2 hours ago -
UN rights chief 'troubled' by tough police action against pro-Palestinian protesters at US universit ..
2 hours ago -
Pakistan’s Ambassador to UAE meets Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah
3 hours ago -
Blinken demands 'no more delays' by Hamas on truce deal
3 hours ago -
Tennis: ATP/WTA Madrid Open results - 2nd update
3 hours ago -
US panel recommends women receive breast cancer screening from 40
3 hours ago