WASHINGTON, Aug 3 US Pacific Command confirmed to RIA Novosti the deployment of US military vessels, including including the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, in the South China Sea in the light of the visit to the island of Taiwan of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. «I can confirm that the Ronald Reagan strike group, including the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan» (CVN 76 ), the destroyers USS Higgins (DDG 76), USS Antietam (CG54), USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) are conducting routine patrols in the South China Sea and the Philippine Sea,» a command spokesman said. On Tuesday evening, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, despite the protests of Beijing, arrived on the island of Taiwan. Against the backdrop of her visit, the media reported, citing sources in the Pentagon, that US military vessels were cruising near the island. Beijing, in response to Pelosi's visit, has already begun training military maneuvers in the northern, southwestern and southeastern waters off the coast of Taiwan.
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