At a press briefing held at the Chinese Embassy, Li said the controversial visit is an act that “betrays U.S. commitments to China.”
The Chinese diplomat cited the measures taken by Beijing in reaction to this visit, including “sanctions against Ms. Pelosi and her relatives”, “the holding of transparent military exercises” near Taiwan and “the cancellation of bilateral cooperation projects.”
“We have no choice but to defend our sovereignty, our integrity, and we say that the principle of non-interference in the affairs of sovereign states cannot be ignored or abandoned, otherwise the world will be returned to the law of the jungle,” he said.
“The One-China principle is the consensus of the international community and is also a fundamental norm governing relations between China and foreign countries,” he explained, noting that “so far, we have counted 181 countries with which we have established diplomatic relations following the One China principle.”
The Chinese ambassador took the opportunity to welcome the “excellent” relations between Rabat and Beijing, thanking Morocco for its “constant support to all issues of vital interest to China,” recalling, in this context, Morocco 1971 vote in favor of China’s return to the United Nations.
Nancy Pelosi is the first senior U.S. official to visit Taiwan since the visit made to the island in 1997 by the then Speaker of the House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich.
After Pelosi’s visit, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated at a press conference that “nothing has changed with respect to the U.S. One-China policy. […] We do not support Taiwanese independence.”
