China News Agency, Berlin, May 30 (Reporter Peng Dawei) In response to US President Trump's recent announcement that the United States will terminate relations with the World Health Organization, German Federal Minister of Health Jens Spence said on the 30th that this is an international health cause. A "disappointing retrogression", the EU must increase financial support for WHO. German Foreign Minister Maas said the same day that the US decision was a "wrong signal released at the wrong time."
On May 29th, local time in the United States, Trump announced that because the WHO "refuses to implement the reforms requested by the United States," the United States will terminate its relationship with WHO and redeploy the dues paid to WHO elsewhere.
In this regard, Jens Span posted on social media on the 30th in English, German, and French that the decision was a disappointing retrogression for the international health cause. For the future of WHO, it must be reformed. The EU must play a leading role in this process and increase financial support. This will be one of the priorities of the German Federal Ministry of Health during the country ’s presidency of the EU in the second half of this year.
On the same day, Mas also tweeted that Trump's decision to terminate cooperation with WHO was a "wrong signal released at the wrong time." The new crown epidemic is the first crisis of this century that truly affects all parts of the world. To overcome this crisis, we need global cooperation. (Finish)