Blinken urges WHO to invite Taiwan
‘FORCE FOR GOOD’:
Excluding the interests of Taiwanese from the WHA only serves to imperil shared global health objectives, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said
By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday urged the WHO to invite Taiwan to participate in the World Health Assembly (WHA) as an observer, saying that China’s objections are to blame for Taiwan’s exclusion from the organization.
Blinken’s remarks came after the French Senate on Thursday passed a resolution 304-0 backing Taiwan’s participation in international organizations, including the WHO, and after the G7 foreign ministers backed Taiwan’s WHA bid in a joint communique on Wednesday.