INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Moscow on Tuesday denounced a potential visit by United States 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.
