Missile cruiser Chancellorsville in the Taiwan Strait. File photoWASHINGTON, Aug 29American warships will continue to enter the Taiwan Strait, Washington sees such actions as a factor in strengthening security in the region, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday. «Indeed, on August 28, our ships made a routine entry into the Taiwan Strait, which fully international law and demonstrated our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific… We intend to continue flying, sailing and passing where international law allows, in accordance with the principles of freedom of navigation,» said Jean-Pierre during the briefing.
China protested the visit of members of the US Congress to Taiwan. She stressed that such a course of action, in her opinion, meets Washington's goals of protecting the security and stability of the region. At the same time, Jean-Pierre added that Washington does not abandon the policy of «one China» but will protect Taiwan's security interests. In this regard, she recalled the passage of two US Navy missile cruisers through the Taiwan Strait last weekend. The situation around Taiwan escalated after the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the island. China, which considers the island one of its provinces, condemned the visit, seeing the move as US support for Taiwanese separatism, and began large-scale military exercises. With the Communist Party of China, Kuomintang forces led by Chiang Kai-shek moved to Taiwan. Business and informal contacts between the island and mainland China resumed in the late 1980s. Since the early 1990s, the parties began to contact through non-governmental organizations — the Beijing Association for the Development of Relations across the Taiwan Strait and the Taipei Cross-Strait Exchange Foundation. Chinese defense ministry blames US for current Taiwan crisis
