
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she wants to make it "unequivocally clear" the United States will not abandon Taiwan, while speaking from the presidential office in Taipei.
"Today, our delegation ... came to Taiwan to make it unequivocally clear we will not abandon our commitment to Taiwan and we are proud of our enduring friendship," Pelosi said, standing beside President Tsai Ing-wen after receiving Taiwan's highest civilian honor.
"Now more than ever, America's solidarity with Taiwan is crucial and that is the message we are bringing here today," Pelosi said.
"I look forward to displaying this award in the Speaker's Office, or wearing it there, at the Capitol as a symbol of our treasured friendship," she said of the civilian honor.