Ten nations on Monday voiced their support for Taiwan’s inclusion in the World Health Assembly (WHA) during the second day of the annual meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after a proposal to invite it to the gathering was not put on the agenda.
The 10 nations that spoke up for Taiwan were two diplomatic allies Paraguay and Guatemala as well as the US, the UK, France, Germany, Australia, Canada, Luxembourg and Lithuania.
It was the first time that a Lithuanian health minister had publicly voiced the nation’s support for Taipei’s WHA bid by directly naming Taiwan at the annual gathering.
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