MOSCOW (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan is part of a deliberate US strategy to destabilize the situation in the region.

Putin pointed out that the visit was not only made by an "irresponsible politician", but was part of a basic strategy through which the United States seeks to destabilize the situation in the Asia-Pacific region and the world at large.

During his speech at the 10th Annual Moscow Conference on International Security, Putin called the move "flagrant evidence of disrespect for the sovereignty of other countries and international obligations" and a carefully planned provocation.

In similar remarks while speaking at the opening ceremony of the conference on Tuesday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu indicated that Pelosi's provocative visit to Taiwan was another move to destabilize the region.