China announced on Friday that it would impose unspecified sanctions on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her visit to Taiwan earlier this week.
According to the Associated Press, in a statement released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday, it is stated that Nancy Pelosi has ignored China’s concerns and strong opposition to her visit to this island.
Pelosi was the most prominent American official to visit Taiwan in 25 years.
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China said: Despite China’s serious concerns and strong opposition, Pelosi emphasized on his visit to Taiwan, serious interference in China’s internal affairs, weakening China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, violating the one China policy and threatening peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. . said in a statement.
He explained that China will “implement sanctions against Pelosi and her family” in response to the “malicious” and “provocative” actions of Pelosi and her immediate family.
Beijing did not provide further details about the sanctions.
During a press conference in the Japanese capital Tokyo on Friday, Pelosi said that her country “will not allow” China to isolate Taiwan.
“They’re not going to isolate Taiwan by preventing us from going there,” said Pelosi, who is on a trip to Asia with a congressional delegation.
According to AFP, in a press conference after meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, he added: We have said from the beginning that our representation here is not to change the status quo in Asia or to change the status quo in Taiwan. .
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