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Taiwanese medical authority chief Tran Thoi Trung spoke at a press conference about efforts to join the WHO in Taipei, Taiwan on May 15 – Photo: REUTERS
Speaking at a press conference in Taipei to emphasize his desire to participate in the next meeting of the World Health Conference (WHA), the WHO policy-making body, Mr. Chen confirmed that Taiwan was not now accepting such conditions.
“I have no way of accepting something that doesn’t exist,” Tran said. However, Chen emphasized that Taiwan will not give up efforts to attend the WHA meeting, scheduled for May 18.
Previously, Taiwan thought that the island’s participation in the WHA meeting was “more urgent than ever” in the context of the current COVID-19 epidemic, which has now infected more than 4.3 million people. and more than 300,000 deaths worldwide.
However, China says Taiwan can only attend under the “One China” policy, which forces the island to recognize itself as part of China, according to the Reuters news agency.
China also accused the United States of “intervening in the internal situation” when Washington recently expressed its support for the territory of Taiwan, which China considers a province of the country, to join WHA, as well as calling for recovery. WHO observer post for Taiwan.
China says it “has the right to represent Taiwan internationally.” While Taiwan claims that only the island government can represent Taiwan.
“We can represent our own people. We hope that WHO can put aside political reasons, be neutral and professional,” said Kelly Hsieh, regional director for North America. from the Taiwanese diplomatic agency, said during the same press conference on May 15 in Taipei.
Taiwan used to attend WHA as an observer from 2009 to 2016, when relations between Taipei and Beijing are now warmer. However, this island state was removed from pressure from China after Thai Anh Van became the leader of Taiwan.
