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BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit four Asian countries from Sunday, her office said, without mentioning Taiwan amid widespread speculation that she could visited an autonomous island claimed by China.
“Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading the congressional delegation to the Indo-Pacific region, including visits to Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan,” her office said in a press release. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/73122.
“The trip will focus on mutual security, economic partnerships and democratic governance in the Indo-Pacific region.”
