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/TAIWAN: House Speaker Pelosi Vows U.S. "Will Not Abandon" Taiwan

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During a joint press conference with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pledged that the U.S. "will not abandon our commitment to Taiwan," adding that it has made a "bedrock promise" to always stand with the island.

  • Pelosi's remarks were largely symbolic and lacked details. While some may be parsing her comments in an attempt to look beyond the veil of U.S. strategic ambiguity re: commitment to Taiwan's security, the Speaker did not offer any fresh insights/declarations on the matter.
  • Tsai told reporters that Pelosi's visit was a sign of international support for Taiwan and said that the island "will not back down" despite "deliberately heightened military threats" from China.

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