Radio Taiwan International
Date: 02 April, 2020
By: John Van Trieste
The Netherlands Trade & Investment Office in Taipei responded to a donation of masks from Taiwan with this message on its Facebook page. (Photo Courtesy: Netherlands Trade & Investment Office in Taipei)
Taiwan is set to donate 5.6 million surgical masks to the EU and its member states.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, sent out a tweet Wednesday thanking Taiwan for the donation.
The foreign ministry says that Taiwan and the EU are partners that share the same values. The ministry says that the EU has always supported Taiwan’s participation in the WHO, and that Taiwan stands ready to help now that the EU is faced with such a serious outbreak. [FULL STORY]
