Russian foreign minister says Pelosi's Taiwan visit reflects US desire to "display their lawlessness"

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan reflects Washington's desire to prove its "impunity and display their lawlessness," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday during a news conference with Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin, according to Russian state news agency TASS.

Lavrov connected Pelosi's visit with the US response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying: "I cannot tell what was their [the Americans’] motivation but there are no doubts that it reflects the very same policy we are talking about with regards to the Ukrainian situation."

"This is a desire to prove to absolutely everyone [their] impunity and display their lawlessness."

Lavrov said he did not see any other "reason to create such an irritant literally out of nowhere, fully aware what it means for the People’s Republic of China."

China's refusal to condemn Russia's war on Ukraine has fueled speculation over its intentions with Taiwan, raising questions about how the world might react should it launch an attack.

On Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Russia considered Pelosi's visit "a clear provocation in the spirit of the United States' aggressive policy of an all-out effort to contain the PRC [People's Republic of China]."