Beijing Warns US Will ‘Bear All Consequences’ If House Speaker Pelosi Visits Taiwan in August | Farsnews Agency

Beijing warned that the United States will “bear all consequences” and face “forceful measures” from Beijing if US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan as reported.

Citing six people familiar with the matter, the Financial Times said Pelosi would take a delegation to Taiwan next month. It would be the first visit by a US speaker of the house to the self-ruled island in 25 years, South China Morning Post reported.

Pelosi would be the most senior US lawmaker to visit the island since one of her predecessors as speaker, Republican Newt Gingrich, travelled there in 1997.

The lawmaker and her delegation will visit Japan, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. Pelosi will also spend time in Hawaii at the headquarters of US Indo-Pacific command. But the report said it was still possible the trip could be called off.

Speaking in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian called on the US not to arrange Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, which he said would “seriously undermine China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity”.