The White House on Monday said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has the “right to visit Taiwan” amid reports she may touch down in the country this week and as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) issued several warnings.
“There is no reason for Beijing to turn a potential visit, consistent with longstanding U.S. policy, into some sort of crisis or conflict,” Pentagon spokesman and White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby told reporters Monday, adding she “has the right to visit Taiwan” and that “nothing has changed” about U.S. policy in the region.
