The White House announced that the US sea and air crossings in the Taiwan Strait continue.

WASHINGTON, August 4 – RIA Novosti. White House National Security Council strategic communications coordinator John Kirby said the US military will implement sea and air crossings in the Taiwan Strait in the coming weeks.

“We will take further steps to demonstrate our commitment to the security of our allies in the region, including Japan.”

Kirby also said the carrier strike group had been ordered by Ronald Reagan to stay in the Taiwan area and monitor the situation.

The White House spokesperson said the United States condemned China’s launch of 11 missiles in the direction of Taiwan, considering it an extreme reaction to the visit of Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.

“We expect these actions from China to continue in the coming days. The United States is ready for Beijing’s actions, but is not after a crisis,” he added.

Pelosi flew to Taipei on Tuesday evening and had a meeting with Taiwan’s chief of staff, Tsai Ing-wen, on Wednesday morning. The visit was the US House of Representatives’ first visit to Taiwan since 1997. The US administration, warned by the Chinese leader of the “burning risks of playing with fire”, assured Beijing of its adherence to the “one China” policy, but walked away, saying the speaker had made his own decisions.

In response, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Combat Command Area began joint military exercises on Tuesday evening in the north, southwest and southeast waters off the coast of Taiwan with the participation of the Navy, Air Force, missile forces, strategic support. forces, joint logistics forces.

Beijing also sanctioned two Taiwanese funds, suspended exports of natural sand to the island and imports of citrus and some fish products from Taiwan, and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that China plans to take decisive and drastic measures, and all the negative consequences of the visit, which Beijing has been opposing for months, He made it clear that he had not arrived yet and that Washington and Taipei would take responsibility for them.