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threatens military retaliation if Pelosi visits TaiwanTaiwan will not be left without consequences.Pelosi's visit to the island has not been officially announced.Beijing,CHINA

Chinese troops "will not sit idly by" if U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said, REUTERS reported.

The department once again noted that the visit of "a third official of the American authorities" (after the president and vice president) to Taiwan, which declared its independence from China in 1949, but Beijing continues to consider it its province, "will lead to blatant political impact."

The day before, on July 31, Pelosi began his Asian tour as part of a delegation of US congressmen. As reported on the website of the politician, they will visit four countries - Singapore, Malaysia, SOUTH KOREA and Japan. With these “allies and friends,” Washington intends to discuss issues related to “peace and security, economic growth and trade, the covid-19 pandemic , the climate crisis, human rights and democratic governance,” and “reaffirm [them] its unwavering commitment.”

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Taiwan was not indicated in the official announcement as the place where the delegation stopped. However, the Chinese newspaper Global Times, citing an expert, professor of the Chinese People's University Diao Daming, writes that Pelosi's visit to the island cannot be ruled out. Other Chinese analysts have suggested that the landing of the speaker of the US Congress on the island may be unplanned - for example, under the pretext of refueling the plane.

The Politico newspaper, referring to the words of an unnamed senior European diplomat, indicates that the European Union is concerned about the growing tension between Beijing and Washington. NATO as a whole is not yet concerned about this fact, but the interlocutor admitted that the situation "may worsen" and in the "worst case" a possible escalation could "divert US attention from the situation in Ukraine."

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that the flight of the speaker of the US House of Representatives to Asia is a "dangerous military-political adventurism."

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