Tehran, IRNA – Iran-China Friendship Association issued a statement on Wednesday which condemned a visit to Taiwan Island by Speaker of the US House of Representative Nancy Pelosi as a clear violation of China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The statement said that Pelosi’s visit is a norm-breaking, crisis-creating action with the aim of putting pressure on China and consolidating American hegemony in the East Asia and Pacific region.
It added that Washington uses the Taiwanese issue as a tool for crisis creation in the region.
In line with the principled policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Iran-China Friendship Association supports the one-China policy and Beijing’s stands in the face of the Taiwanese issue, the statement said.
Source: Islamic Republic News Agency – IRNA
