The visit of the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, is a deliberate attempt by Washington to irritate China, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today.
“I find no other reason for them to cause such a disturbance almost out of nowhere knowing full well what this means for the People’s Republic of China,” Lavrov said from Myanmar, where he is visiting.
Pelosi’s visit on Tuesday to Taiwan, which China considers a breakaway province, drew an angry response from Beijing at a time when there are already international tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Russia has offered its support to China, with which it has forged a strong partnership in recent years, and has warned Washington that Pelosi’s visit puts it on a collision course with Beijing.
Both Moscow and Beijing support the principle of “One China” recognizing Taiwan as part of China and oppose the island’s independence.
Lavrov also said the US has made no effort to restart talks on a new strategic nuclear arms reduction agreement that would replace the 2011 agreement, called New START.
US President Joe Biden has said he is ready to “quickly negotiate a new arms control framework” to replace New START when it expires in 2026, while President Vladimir Putin recently said there can be no winners in a nuclear war.
“They have a habit of announcing things from the microphone and then forgetting about them,” Lavrov said. “There have been no approaches to us to restart the negotiation process,” he added.
Source: AMPE
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