The United States considered that the launch China 11 ballistic missiles In the vicinity of Taiwan, there is an “exaggerated reaction” to the visit of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan.
“China chose to overreact and used the House Speaker’s visit as a pretext to increase provocative military activity in and around the Taiwan Strait,” White House spokesman John Kirby said on Thursday.
In the same context, the White House announced that a group of US warships, led by the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, will remain in the Taiwan region in the wake of China’s launch of ballistic missiles in the region.
Kirby said the Pentagon had ordered the aircraft carrier group Reagan to “remain in position in the general area to monitor the situation.”
‘We will not back down from the West Pacific’
“We will not back down from acting in the seas and skies of the Western Pacific in accordance with international law, as we have done for decades, in support of Taiwan and the defense of a free and open Indo-Pacific,” he added.
US and Australian naval vessels in the South China Sea
Earlier in the day, the Chinese army launched a series of military exercises in six maritime zones around Taiwan along busy trade routes, in some parts not more than twenty kilometers from the shores of Taiwan.
Pelosi visit
It is noteworthy that Nancy Pelosi’s visit to this region claimed by China lasted less than 24 hours, but it angered Beijing.
Beijing considers the initiative of Pelosi, the highest elected US official to visit Taipei in 25 years, as a provocation and a retraction of the promises made by the United States to China.
Pelosi, Taiwan’s parliament
For her part, Pelosi resolutely emphasized that the United States would not abandon the island, which is under constant threat from the Chinese military.
In response to this visit, Beijing is holding major military exercises, starting from Thursday noon, in a number of areas around Taiwan on busy trade routes.