China cannot isolate Taiwan – US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warns -

Tokyo: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, has criticized that the military exercises started by China near the territory of Taiwan are provocative. Besides, the consequences of this irresponsibility affect the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait alongside the entire region. The Speaker of the US Parliament, Nancy Pelosi, has warned that China, which is trying to prevent US leaders from visiting Taiwan, cannot isolate Taiwan. As Pelosi, who is visiting Japan, issued this warning to China, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida slammed China’s anti-Taiwan activities as a ‘serious problem’. At the same time, the Prime Minister of Japan has strongly condemned the Chinese missile that crashed in the ‘Exclusive Economic Zone-EEZ’, which is part of Japan’s maritime boundary.

Moreover, after Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, China started military exercises in six locations near Taiwan. It also started military operations that directly challenged Taiwan’s security. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed his concern that China’s provocative and irresponsible actions will adversely affect the Taiwan Strait and peace and stability in the region. No one claims that Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan has changed America’s stance on China. But China is increasing its provocative military activities in the Taiwan Strait by advancing the reason for Pelosi’s visit, which the US Secretary of State criticized. John Kirby, the US National Security Council’s ‘Coordinator for Strategic Communications’, condemned China’s activities.

Meanwhile, with China’s activities causing tension in the Taiwan Strait, the US has postponed the test of the intercontinental ballistic missile ‘Minuteman III’ for some time. It was to be tested this week itself. But in order not to add to the tension created by China’s activities, Kirby has informed that the decision to postpone the test has been made.

After Taiwan and South Korea, Nancy Pelosi, who is visiting Japan, looked carefully at China’s provocative activities. China can block Taiwan’s international inclusion. But Pelosi has given a message that China should not live in the illusion that it can isolate Taiwan by blocking the visit of American leaders to Taiwan. Not only this, but Pelosi also raised the issue of human rights violations in China. Besides, Pelosi said that if we ignore China’s human rights abuses for the sake of business interests, we lose the moral right to speak out about human rights abuses anywhere in the world. Pelosi expressed deep concern over the terrible atrocities China perpetrated on the Uyghurs. Additionally, Pelosi said that United States’s friendship with Taiwan is strong and there is a complete consensus between the ruling party and the opposition.

Furthermore, Five missiles fired by China crashed in Japan’s EEZ. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said that Japan strongly condemns China’s tests, which endanger the lives of Japanese citizens. Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi accused China of threatening stability and peace in the region and demanded that China immediately stop military exercises in the region.