Taiwanese officials have announced that President Tsai Ing-wen has been calling for donations to support Ukraine and has raised about 1.2 billion yen in less than a week.
On the 2nd of this month, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, along with the Vice President and the President of the Executive Yuan, announced that they would donate one month's income to support Ukraine, and are calling on the general public to donate.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it started accepting donations from the same day with a dedicated account and collected 300 million NT dollars, about 1.2 billion yen, in the 6 days until the 7th.
Donations will be accepted until the 1st of next month, but in order to provide prompt support, we decided to first send NT $ 100 million to Poland, which accepts the largest number of people evacuated from Ukraine, and will send it to Slovakia etc. in the future. is.
Taiwanese officials sent 27 tons of humanitarian supplies to Poland last week, apart from donations, saying "the situation in Ukraine is not a thing" as China faces a military threat.
Meanwhile, at a press conference announcing the donation, Foreign Minister Wu Xiao said, "If Western countries' response to Russia's invasion is weak or inconsistent, Chinese leaders will receive a positive." He warned against China and called for democratic nations around the world to be in line with the threat of authoritarian nations.
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