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Reporter Chen Zhengyu / Taipei
Taiwan deployed an anti-epidemic mechanism ahead of schedule and expanded the line of medical assets, so that Taiwan now has the leeway to help the world, and Germany received a donation of 1 million medical masks from China, but the spokesman for the The government did not mention Taiwan at the press conference. Saying “Thank you to other countries for your help” sparked a debate. In response, President Tsai Ing-wen replied today (17) that “we are doing this with our hearts to contribute to the international community. If there is no public expression of gratitude, I think they also have the meaning of gratitude.”
▲ Tsai Ing-wen noted that we are providing international assistance with the heart of contributing to the international community. (Combination drawing / data photo)
In response to the German government spokesman not mentioning Taiwan’s response, Tsai Ing-wen went to Chiayi today to inspect the state of public food preparation. When asked by the media about this, he frankly said: “We are doing this with our hearts to contribute to the international community. If others thank us, we are also very grateful; if they did not express it publicly, I think they also expressed their gratitude. “
In addition, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ou Jiangan responded yesterday at a regular Foreign Ministry meeting that Taiwan donated masks and launched two waves of international assistance. It was simply a responsible country and it fulfilled its international obligations. Donating masks does not have political premises and does not Expect the other party to express gratitude. As an international member, Taiwan has received assistance from many countries in the past. Today, Taiwan is capable and we are more willing to help; When we have free time, Taiwan as an international member must fulfill its obligations.
▲ Ou Jiangan said that Taiwan’s assistance is to meet its international obligations, rather than waiting for the gratitude of the other party.
Ou Jiangan further explained that the masks that the German Association in Taiwan had donated on Facebook in Taiwan on April 9 were packaged and shipped to Frankfurt, and Germany also expressed “Thank you” to Taiwan! The German Economic Office also issued a document thanking Taiwan for donating medical masks and sincerely thanking Taiwan for generously donating 7 million masks to the EU. Ou Jiangan also said that Germany really thanked Taiwan.
Ou Jiangan emphasized that Taiwan and Germany are good partners that share freedom, democracy and human rights. The cooperative relationship between the two parties is also very close. On the basis of shared value, we will continue to improve the mutual relationship.
▲ Steffen Seibert, spokesperson for the German government.
Taiwan has recently launched international assistance and has donated tens of millions of medical grade masks to countries around the world. One million of them have been delivered to the Frankfurt airport in Germany, which has moved all walks of life in Germany, but the German government has avoided talking about it! A reporter asked German government spokesman Steffen Seibert and German Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Adebahr at the 15th outbreak press conference on issues related to Taiwan, noting that Taiwan’s warning was caused by disregard for the WHO A serious epidemic situation, and under this prerequisite, the news that Taiwan donated 1 million masks from Germany are suspected of being repressed by China and cannot be published.
After hearing the question, Adebar only took one sentence: “I don’t know Germany’s role in this matter”; Cybert went on to say that Germany would look to any other country to help fight the epidemic. I have to help, and he said that in response to the WHO incident, criticism by US President Trump is against the WHO, not China.
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