SET News “Reported by RFI”… Taiwan News “Cannot provide evidence”
At a time when the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan has become a hot topic, a Taiwanese media outlet quoted France’s Radio France International (RFI) as saying that Pelosi, who went on a tour of East Asia, will visit Taiwan via the Philippines. reported
Taiwan’s Internet and broadcasting media, SET News (SET News, 三立新聞), said on July 31, that RFI Chairman Pelosi will depart from Clark US Air Force Base in the Philippines on August 4 to visit Taiwan based on a message from a source. said to have reported.
Citing RFI, SET News reported that “there is news that Chairman Pelosi will visit Taiwan via the Philippines and meet President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei.”
SET News, however, did not link to the RFI’s report or provide specific evidence.
In this regard, Taiwan News, an English newspaper in Taiwan, said on the 1st, “There are unconfirmed reports that Chairman Pelosi will visit Taiwan.”
Taiwan’s Associated Press reported on the same day, “Overseas observers believe that if Chairman Pelosi visits Taiwan, he will only stay for a few hours.”
House Speaker Pelosi, who was on a tour of East Asia, arrived in Singapore, the first stop of the tour, on the morning of the 1st.
China’s state-run Global Times reported that the private plane carrying Chairman Pelosi and his party arrived at Paya Lebar Air Base in Singapore at 4:20 am (local time) on the same day.
Pelosi said in a tweet on the previous day, “I am visiting today with a congressional delegation to reaffirm America’s unwavering commitment to our allies and friends in the Indo-Pacific region.”
Chairman Pelosi said that the countries to be visited include Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, and Japan, but declined to discuss whether to visit Taiwan.
If Chairman Pelosi, the third in the ranks of power in the United States, visits Taiwan, he will be the highest-ranking person to visit Taiwan since 1997.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich visited Taiwan in 1997 with a delegation during the Bill Clinton administration.
/yunhap news
