US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised Taiwan as “one of the freest societies in the world” on Wednesday morning local time in her first public remarks since becoming the highest-ranking American official to visit the island in 25 years.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised Taiwan as"one of the freest societies in the world" on Wednesday morning local time in her first public remarks since becoming the highest-ranking American official to visit the island in 25 years.
Pelosi spoke at the beginning of a meeting between the US congressional delegation she is leading and members of the Taiwanese Parliament, exchanging pleasantries with Taiwan's Deputy Speaker Tsai Chi-chang before the lawmakers' closed-door meeting. Later Wednesday, Pelosi is expected to meet Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen.
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