For years, China allowed Taiwan to send observers to the assembly, but has locked out its envoys in recent years amid tensions between the governments
The Associated Press
Date: May 20, 2019
GENEVA — The United States is urging China to allow Taiwan to be granted observer
In this Oct. 10, 2017 file photo, Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen delivers a speech during the National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei.AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying
status at the U.N. health agency’s biggest annual gathering, the U.S. health secretary said Monday.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar spoke to reporters in Geneva on the sidelines of the start of the World Health Organization’s annual assembly, which China’s government has prevented Taiwan from attending.
China claims sovereignty over self-ruled Taiwan.
For years, China allowed Taiwan to send observers to the assembly, but has locked out its envoys in recent years amid tensions between China’s Communist government and the government of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
“We support Taiwan having the type of status it had previously here at the World Health Assembly,” Azar said. [FULL STORY]
