US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had discussed Pelosi’s possible visit with his counterpart Wang Yi.
The possibility to visit Taiwan the speaker of the US House Nancy Pelosi had recently been discussed with the top diplomat of the Chinese government and there are no plans for the two countries’ foreign ministers to meet this week in Cambodia, he said today senior US official.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had discussed Pelosi’s possible visit with his counterpart Wang Yi during the Group of Twenty (G20) conference in Bali, during their meeting which had lasted more than five hours, and had stated that, if such a trip takes place, it will be Pelosi’s decision alone, independent of the US government.
“The question is whether Beijing will try to use the trip as some sort of excuse to take steps that could be an escalation or that could somehow produce conflict,” the senior official told reporters in Tokyo. of the State Department, adding that Beijing should not overreact to a trip that is neither unusual nor unprecedented.
“China should not use this as a pretext to continue what it is doing, which is to seek to change the status quo with respect to Taiwan,” the official said.
“And if her visit is somehow followed by any escalation or crisis, it will be because of Beijing,” he added.
China’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
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