“I call on the international community to support democratic Taiwan & halt any escalation of the regional security situation,' Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen said.
and imposed sanctions on Pelosi in retaliation for the visit.
Pelosi has been a long-time advocate of human rights in China. She, along with other lawmakers, visited Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1991 to support democracy two years after a bloody military crackdown on protesters at the square.U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and South Korean National Assembly speaker Kim Jin-pyo attend the Joint Press Announcement after their meeting at the National Assembly on August 4, 2022 in Seoul, South Korea.
During her JSA visit, Pelosi didn’t make any strong public statements against North Korea. She uploaded several photos from the JSA on Twitter and wrote: "We conveyed the gratitude of the Congress and the Country for the patriotic service of our servicemembers, who stand as sentinels of Democracy on the Korean Peninsula."
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