US Secretary of Health and Welfare talks with Taiwan's foreign minister, thinking of cooperation with WHO participation August 11, 15:54
The U.S. Secretary of Health and Welfare, who is visiting Taiwan, met with Wu* Show, the foreign minister on the 11th, emphasizing his intention to continue cooperating toward participation in Taiwan's WHO = World Health Organization.
Secretary Azar is the highest-ranking official visiting Taiwan since the United States had made a deal with Taiwan 41 years ago, and on the third day of his stay in Taipei city, he met with diplomatic leader Wu * Show's Foreign Minister. Did.
At the beginning, Mr. Azar said that Taiwan should join the WHO, saying, "We should be able to share the lessons learned and the world-class expertise that Taiwan has learned at international conferences." I emphasized the idea of cooperating towards this.
In addition, Director Wu revealed that when Taiwan provides supplies such as masks to foreign countries, it may be necessary to give consideration to China that the sender is Taiwan.
He added, "We continue to be under pressure from China to make Taiwan the next Hong Kong, and our situation is becoming more and more difficult." He stressed the need for backing US cooperation.
While the Trump administration has deepened the conflict with China, it urged Taiwan to participate in the WHO general meeting held in May this time, while Taiwan provided more than 10 million masks to the United States. Is deepening.
*The show is "golden" and "ritto"