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Marcos: Pelosi's Taiwan visit demonstrated intensity of regional tensions

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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Malacañang Press Corps pool photos " src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/08/06/malacanang-press-corps-8062022.jpg"/><figcaption>Malacañang Press Corps pool photos </figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Saturday said US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to Taiwan merely demonstrated the intensity of tensions in the region.</p><p>“To be perfectly candid, I did not think it raised the intensity, it just demonstrated … How the intensity of that conflict has been,” Marcos told United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is in Manila for an official visit.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/04/22/no-change-in-adherence-to-one-china-policy-malacaang">Philippines maintains adherence to One-China principle: Malacañang</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/05/22/palace-says-closely-monitoring-china-taiwan-row">Palace says closely monitoring China-Taiwan row</a></li></ul><p>“It actually has been at that level for a good while, but we got used to it and put it aside.”</p><p>On Friday, China announced sanctions against Pelosi for allegedly “interfering in China&#x27;s internal affairs and seriously undermining China&#x27;s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”</p><p>This developed after Pelosi claimed that the United States <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/08/05/22/pelosi-says-us-will-not-allow-china-to-isolate-taiwan">will &quot;not allow&quot;</a> China to isolate Taiwan.</p><p>&quot;They may try to keep Taiwan from visiting or participating in other places, but they will not isolate Taiwan by preventing us to travel there,&quot; she told reporters in Taipei.</p><p>&quot;We will not allow them to isolate Taiwan,&quot; she said.</p><p>Pelosi’s visit to Taipei — which China sees its own territory — has also prompted Beijing to launch its biggest military exercises at least 20 kilometers off Taiwanese coasts.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/06/22/us-secretary-of-state-blinken-arrives-in-philippines">US Secretary of State Blinken arrives in Philippines</a></li></ul><div><strong>WATCH</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2159432" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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Marcos: Pelosi's Taiwan visit demonstrated intensity of regional tensions

Katrina Domingo,

ABS-CBN News

Published August 06, 2022 11:43 AM PHT

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