Pelosi also visited Taiwan's parliament and held a meeting with Tsai Chi-chang, the deputy speaker. She expressed America's unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan's democracy.
This comes after a week of heightened US-China tensions and Chinese President Xi Jinping's warning to US President Joe Biden to not ‘play with fire’ over Taiwan.
Pelosi's reported visit has been delayed as she has tested positive for Covid. The trip to Taipei would be the first by someone in her post in 25 years.
Section 4 of the 25th Amendment says a US vice president and its cabinet can remove a president on the grounds of inability, but there are ambiguities in the provision.
Pelosi said Democratic leaders will request unanimous consent in the House for a resolution urging Mike Pence to convene the cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.
Israel's response to Iran's retaliatory attack was relatively small and also downplayed by Tehran. But there are factors that could jeopardise this perceived reprieve.
The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.
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