Nancy Pelosi. File photoBEJING, Aug 2Taipei's Taoyuan Airport received a letter threatening three explosive devices planted on its territory to disrupt a visit to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, although she should arrive at another airport, Huanqiu Shibao reported on Tuesday. It is noted that Pelosi may arrive in Taiwan on Tuesday evening, and the threatening letter arrived at the airport in the morning. The text of the letter said that «to prevent the visit of the speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, three explosive devices were planted at the airport.» The airport administration promptly alerted the air harbor security service, the Ministry of Transportation, the Civil Aviation Administration and the police. Law enforcement agencies are investigating who the sender is. No evacuation from the airport was announced, but employees were urged to exercise maximum vigilance. Earlier, Taiwanese media reported that Pelosi, at the head of the US delegation, which, according to various sources, will be from 6 to 20 people, should land about between 21:00 and 22:30 local time Tuesday (16:00 — 17:30 Moscow time) at Songshan Airport in Taipei, then she will spend the night at the Grand Hyatt, and on Wednesday morning she will visit the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's parliament), where she will meet with the island's leadership, including the head of the administration Tsai Inwen. She will reportedly board a plane around noon on Wednesday and leave the island, thus ending her brief visit. In turn, the Grand Hyatt hotel in Taiwan avoided answering RIA Novosti's question about her arrival.China speculates Pelosi will help speed up reunification with Taiwan If the visit to the Chinese island takes place despite Beijing's protests, it would be the first visit by a speaker of the US House of Representatives since 1997. The US administration, warned by the Chinese president that «playing with fire risks getting burned,» assured Beijing of its commitment to the «one China» policy, but distanced itself from a possible visit, saying that the speaker makes decisions herself. Taiwanese media reports that she may arrive on the island on Tuesday and meet with the leadership of the island administration on Wednesday. The Taiwanese Foreign Ministry does not confirm these reports. The PRC considers the island its province and always opposes any contact between Taipei representatives and current officials, especially high-ranking officials, or the military from countries with which Beijing has diplomatic relations. Reports of a possible visit to Pelosi Island, which Beijing calls the third most important official in the US government, expectedly provoked an extremely negative reaction from China. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that in the event of Pelosi's visit to Beijing Island, he will definitely take decisive and effective measures to protect state sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the United States will be fully responsible for all the serious consequences arising from this. At the same time, Chinese officials did not specify what kind of drastic measures they were talking about.
