INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Moscow on Tuesday denounced a potential visit by U.S
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan as a provocation, expressing full solidarity with ally China."What is connected with this tour and a
possible visit to Taiwan is a pure provocation," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.He said the potential visit was leading to
an "increase in tension" in the region and accused Washington of choosing "the path of confrontation.""We want to emphasize once again that
we are absolutely in solidarity with China, its attitude towards the problem is understandable and absolutely justified."Russian Foreign
Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also accused the United States of being provocative over the potential visit."Washington is bringing
destabilization to the world
Not a single resolved conflict in recent decades, but many provoked ones," she said on social media.Faced with unprecedented sanctions and
of being seized by China.Moscow's assault on Ukraine has heightened fears that Beijing might similarly follow through on threats to annex
its much smaller and outgunned neighbor.
