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Rumors that House Speaker Pelosi will visit Taiwan continue despite no confirmation

Rumors that House Speaker Pelosi will visit Taiwan continue despite no confirmation

2022-08-01

As U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi started the first leg of her Asia trip on Monday, speculations emerged in international media that she could still make a stop in Taiwan on her way to South Korea. Taiwan’s government would not make specific comments about Pelosi’s itinerary, but said she would be “warmly welcomed” if she made the trip. Former U.S. President Donald Trump criticized Pelosi over the rumored trip, but former State Secretary Mike Pompeo, who is a staunch Taiwan supporter, urged her to visit Taipei, saying that it would be detrimental to the U.S. not to do so.

As President Tsai Ing-wen arrived at an event in Taipei on Monday, she was immediately met with questions from the sidelines about whether U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would visit Taiwan. The issue has people around the world watching developments closely.

Michael Mullen
Former United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
I would expect that it is very possible that she could still make a surprise visit, as controversial and as important as this has become. I wasn’t surprised at all that it wasn’t part of the released schedule. And she’s in that area of the world, she’s been there many, many times, in that area of the world. She feels strongly about supporting the kinds of values that we stand for, and about working with our friends – and Taiwan has been a friend for a long time, and particularly in a bipartisan way. So, it wouldn’t surprise me if she went.

Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin also speculated that a Taiwan stop may be in the plans for Pelosi and her delegation, following their visit to Malaysia, and said she could arrive in Taipei Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning. Pelosi flew from Guam to Singapore early Monday, before transferring to Malaysia. Reports say that Pelosi may arrive in Taipei Tuesday and stay the night, and meet with Tsai and others before leaving. Pelosi is scheduled to be in South Korea on Wednesday to meet with the speaker of the Korean National Assembly, and in Japan on Thursday, to sit with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio. Meanwhile on social media, former U.S. President Donald Trump said, “the China mess is the last thing she should be involved in — She will only make it worse.” That’s in contrast to his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has publicly supported Pelosi, and has offered to make the trip to Taiwan with her. Pompeo has said that if Pelosi fails to visit Taiwan it would make the U.S. vulnerable, and that the visit only concerns the two sovereign states of the U.S. and Taiwan.

Su Tseng-chang
Premier
When it comes to honored guests visiting our country, we always warmly welcome them. We will make the most appropriate arrangements, and of course will respect the guest’s plans when working out the schedule.

Whether Pelosi will continue with a rumored visit to Taiwan or not remains to be seen, but should she make the stop, she will receive a warm welcome, officials say. In the mean time, all eyes are on the Taiwan Strait, and on the relationships between Taiwan, China and the U.S.

傳裴洛西將訪台 蘇揆表達熱烈歡迎

2022-08-01

美國眾議院議長裴洛西,今天清晨抵達新加坡,外傳他最快明晚訪台,而且還可能過夜,訪台期間將會見總統蔡英文。對於這位美國政壇的第三號人物可能到訪,行政院長蘇貞昌表示歡迎,但也說相關時間期程要尊重訪賓的意願。為了確保裴洛西的安全,維安單位已經祭出"鴻賓勤務",全程保護。

出席公開活動面對記者喊話,總統蔡英文的表情讀不出答案,但美國眾議長裴洛西來不來,全世界都在盯著看。

[[美國前參謀首長聯席會議主席 穆倫]]
“我認為裴洛西還是非常可能突然造訪(台灣),事情引起熱議,變得重大,所以(訪台)沒在公布的行程上,我一點也不驚訝,裴洛西在那個地區,她去過那個地區(印太)很多很多次,她強烈認為要支持我們主張的價值觀,與我們的朋友合作,台灣也是長期的朋友,特別是跨黨派的,所以如果她去了,我也不會感到驚訝”

儘管台灣不在裴洛西的行程表上,但美國前參謀首長聯席會議主席判斷,裴洛西有可能突然造訪,華盛頓郵報專欄作家羅金也推測,裴洛西等一行人可能在訪問馬來西亞後訪台,最快時間點落在2日晚間或3日上午。整理裴洛西訪團行程,她在8/1清晨從關島飛抵新加坡,接著將轉往馬來西亞訪問,預料最快8/2晚間就會來到台灣訪問,傳出不只將過夜,還會會見總統蔡英文等黨政高層。8/3轉往韓國訪問,預定8/4會見韓國國會議長,最後一站將抵達日本會晤日本首相岸田文雄。不過,前美國總統川普痛批,裴洛西不該涉入關於中國的難題,她只會讓事情變得更糟。但前美國國務卿龐培歐呼籲拜登總統必須全力支持裴洛西訪台。龐培歐表示,若屈服於中國威脅,會顯得美國十分脆弱,也強調這是美國台灣兩個主權國家的事。

[[行政院長 蘇貞昌]]
“我們對於外國的貴賓朋友,來我國訪問都表示熱烈的歡迎,做最妥善的安排,而相關的時間期程,也當然都尊重訪賓的規劃”

裴洛西來台,被視為高度機密,官員表示,將竭誠歡迎。作為美國政壇第三號人物,裴洛西的亞洲行,威力十足,牽動美中台三邊關係。

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