The World Health Assembly (WHA) will be held from the 22nd to the 28th, but Taiwan has not yet received an invitation letter. Former President Ma Ying-jeou said today that from past experience, it is not enough to rely on the help of international friends, and the two sides must negotiate directly. . He called on President Tsai Ing-wen to resume cross-strait negotiations for the health of the Chinese people.
President Tsai said yesterday that the WHA is about to be held. This year, including the European Parliament, a total of 1,504 members of Congress from 34 countries have sent a letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) to strongly support Taiwan’s participation in the WHA and its participation in the meetings, mechanisms and activities of the World Health Organization. The highest number of co-signing countries and MPs.
Ma Ying-jeou this morningFacebookIt was published that the 75th WHA will be held in Geneva, Switzerland tomorrow. This is also the first time after the global outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in 2020, the physical meeting has been resumed. The Tsai government says this is because of the CCP’s suppression. Then why during his tenure, since 2009, Taiwan can participate in the WHA every year.
Ma Ying-jeou mentioned that the Tsai government believes that the United States will help, and recently, American congressmen have signed up. But don’t forget that in 2020, when 14 diplomatic allies proposed to the World Health Organization a motion to invite Taiwan to attend the WHA as an observer, then US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo even said that “the United States is not suitable for joining” and refused , staggering.
Ma Ying-jeou also said that Pompeo came to Taiwan at the beginning of this year and received the honor from President Tsai. He was regarded as the most supportive of the US Secretary of State for Taiwan. As a result, when Taiwan needed assistance the most to attend the WHA, Pompeo rejected it on the grounds of US national interests.
Ma Ying-jeou said that the reason why he was able to attend the WHA every year during his tenure is very simple, that is, there is mutual trust between the two sides of the strait. After he became president in May 2008, he supported the “1992 Consensus of One China and All Forms”, established the cross-strait policy of “no unification, no independence, no force”, and adopted the grand strategy of “peace with China, friendship with Japan, and pro-Americanism”. “Diplomatic truce” strategy. For the next eight years, Taiwan has received invitations from the WHO every year, and even after President Tsai took office in May 2016, it was still able to participate for the last time, because the recipient of the invitation was still the Director of Health he appointed.
Ma Ying-jeou emphasized that from the experience of the past 20 years, it is not enough to rely on the help of international friends, and the two sides must negotiate directly. After President Tsai took office, he cut off cross-strait ties. Whether he can take this opportunity to resume negotiations is the key to whether he can participate in the WHA. He sincerely appealed to President Tsai to restore cross-strait negotiation and rebuild mutual trust for the health of the Chinese people, national interests and peace in the Asia-Pacific. This is the fundamental way.
Editor: Qin Yingwen
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