{"id":275178,"date":"2022-08-03T08:20:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T03:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=275178"},"modified":"2022-08-03T08:20:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T03:20:45","slug":"russia-backs-china-over-provocative-pelosi-visit-to-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/russia-backs-china-over-provocative-pelosi-visit-to-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia backs China over \u2018provocative\u2019 Pelosi visit to Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> MOSCOW<br \/>\nRussia backed China on Tuesday over an expected visit to Taiwan by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, warning Washington that such a provocative trip would put the United States on a collision course with Beijing. Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned U.S. President Joe Biden against playing with fire over Taiwan in a call last week but three sources told Reuters on Tuesday that Pelosi was still set to visit the island.<br \/>\n\u201cWe cannot say for sure right now whether she will or will not get there, but everything about this tour and the possible visit to Taiwan is purely provocative,\u201d Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. Maria Zakharova, Russia\u2019s foreign ministry spokeswoman, said the expected visit was a provocative attempt by Washington to pile pressure on China &#8211; with whom Russia has forged a strong partnership in recent years.<br \/>\n\u201cThe USA is a state provocateur,\u201d she said. \u201cRussia confirms the principle of \u201cone China\u201d and opposes the independence of the island in any form.\u201d<br \/>\nChina views visits by U.S. officials to Taiwan as sending an encouraging signal to the pro-independence camp in the island. Washington does not have official diplomatic ties with Taiwan but is bound by U.S. law to provide the island with the means to defend itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW Russia backed China on Tuesday over an expected visit to Taiwan by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, warning Washington that such a provocative trip would put the United States on a collision course with Beijing. 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