Taiwanese officials have announced that they have not yet been invited as observers to the World Health Organization's annual meeting, which will be held from the 24th, and the two ministers have jointly expressed "strong dissatisfaction."
WHO's annual meeting will be held from 5 pm on the 24th of Japan time, and it is expected that discussions will be held on strengthening international cooperation on measures against the new coronavirus.
Taiwan participated as an observer from 2009 to 2016, but since 2017 it has been uninvited due to opposition from China.
Taiwanese officials said they had not yet received an invitation to the annual meeting as of the morning of the 24th, and the two ministers jointly expressed "strong dissatisfaction."
Among them, Chen Shih-chung, Minister of Health and Welfare, said, "The spread of infection in Taiwan in the last few days should not have a part lacking in the world's countermeasures, and it has shown again that Taiwan cannot be placed outside the station." Insisted.
In addition, Foreign Minister Wu Xiao Yan said, "China is making appropriate arrangements for Taiwan's participation in WHO, but it is completely contrary to the facts." We call on you to maintain neutrality as an expert and eliminate China's political interference. "
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