Pelosi: China will not isolate Taiwan
(5 Aug 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo - 5 August 2022 1. Wide of news conference 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House Speaker: "As you've see that (the) Chinese made their strikes, probably using our visit as an excuse. Let me close by saying this. The Chinese have tried to isolate Taiwan, keeping them most recently from the World Health Organization by not even letting their participation be on the agenda of the World Health Agency wherever that makes these determinations." 3. Mid of Pelosi with Japanese flag 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House Speaker: "They may try to keep Taiwan from visiting or participating in other places, but they will not isolate Taiwan by preventing us to travel there." 5. Mid of news conference 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House Speaker: "We have seen the success of their (Taiwan's) semiconductor businesses and the rest and we learned from their business people about how they develop that success, and how we can work together to spread prosperity." 7. Wide of news conference 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House Speaker: "It's a ridiculous question, I mean, not your question, but the contention you have." 9. Pelosi leaving conference STORYLINE: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that China will not isolate Taiwan by preventing U.S. officials from traveling there. She made the remarks in Tokyo on the final leg of an Asia tour highlighted by a visit to Taiwan that infuriated China. The Chinese have tried to isolate Taiwan, Pelosi said, including most recently by preventing it from joining the World Health Organization. “They may try to keep Taiwan from visiting or participating in other places, but they will not isolate Taiwan by preventing us to travel there,” she said. China, which claims Taiwan and has threatened to annex it by force if necessary, called her visit to the island a provocation and on Thursday began military drills, including missile strike training, in six zones surrounding Taiwan, in what could be its biggest since the mid-1990s. Pelosi said her visit was being used as an "excuse" for China to carry out the strikes. When asked her opinion on recent criticism that her visit was for her to leave a legacy and merely caused a disturbance in the Asian region, she said that was "ridiculous". =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
