Canada calls on China to de-escalate as tensions mount over Pelosi’s Taiwan visit
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Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said a visit by a foreign legislator should not be a justification for heightened tensions after China protests Nancy Pelosi's Taipei visit.
Canada is calling on China to de-escalate tensions that have mounted over U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.
Pelosi, who landed in Taipei Tuesday night and left Wednesday, drew a sharp response from Beijing, as it announced multiple military exercises around the island shortly after her arrival.
Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said a visit by a legislator should not be a pretext for raising tensions.
“We are concerned with the heightened tensions in the region,” Joly said during a news conference with her German counterpart in Montreal Wednesday.
She said China’s threatening actions raise the risk of destabilizing the region, and called on Beijing to de-escalate.
China claims Taiwan as its territory and opposes any engagement by Taiwanese officials with foreign governments.
Pelosi was the first Speaker of the House to visit Taiwan in 25 years, since Newt Gingrich in 1997. However, other members of Congress, like Democrats Mark Takano of California, Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, Colin Allred of Texas and Sara Jacobs of California, and Nancy Mace, a South Carolina Republican, have visited Taiwan in the past year.
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