Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan serves to divert attention from the 'disaster' the U.S. 'created with their own hands around Ukraine,' a Russian official said.
's visit to Taiwan an attempt to divert attention from what it called a"disaster" in Ukraine that Washington"created with their own hands."radio, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova blasted the visit to the self-ruled island, which China claims as part of its territory.
"The U.S. does not put a penny on any of its partners, whether they are their closest allies, strategic allies, whether they are partners, whether they are countries with which relations are developing in various directions, they do not care," she continued. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov separately told reporters on Wednesday that he believes Pelosi's Taiwan visit was prompted by Washington's desire to prove its"impunity and lawlessness."
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