TAIPEI, May 5 — Only Taiwan’s democratically-elected government can represent its people on the world stage, not China, its foreign ministry said today, calling on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to “cast off” China’s control during the coronavirus pandemic. Taiwan’s exclusion from...
Taiwan’s exclusion from WHO, due to China’s objections which considers the island one of its provinces, has infuriated Taipei, which says this has created a dangerous gap in the global fight against the coronavirus. — Reuters pic
Taiwan has been lobbying to attend, as an observer, this month’s meeting of the WHO’s decision-making body, the World Health Assembly , although government and diplomatic sources say China will block the move. “Only the democratically-elected Taiwanese government can represent Taiwan’s 23 million people in the international community,” she told reporters.
Taiwan attended the World Health Assembly as an observer from 2009-2016 when Taipei-Beijing relations warmed.
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