Nancy Pelosi avoids public comment on Taiwan-China row during South Korea visit

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi waves to media after a joint press announcement with South Korean National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin Pyo at the National Assembly in Seoul, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. (Kim Min-Hee/Pool Photo via AP)

US House or Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi has met South Korean political leaders in Seoul but avoided making direct public comments on relations with China and Taiwan that could increase regional tensions.

Ms Pelosi, the first House speaker to visit Taiwan in 25 years, said on Wednesday in Taipei that the American commitment to democracy in the self-governing island and elsewhere “remains ironclad”.