China strongly opposes any words or
actions that support Taiwan's "participation" in
the World Health Organization (WHO), the Chinese Foreign
Ministry Spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said in Beijing on March
26.
Zhang made the remarks in
answer to a journalist's question about the US decision to
continue supporting Taiwan's efforts to join the
WHO.
Zhang said that whoever
proposes Taiwan's "participation" in the WHO on
whatever grounds or by whatever means is infringing on
China's sovereignty and territorial integrity and is
interfering in China's internal affairs.
As everyone knows, the WHO is one of the United
Nations special organizations whose membership is open to
only sovereign states, said Zhang, pointing out that Taiwan,
as part of China, has no qualification to participate in the
WHO.
Zhang said that the WHO has
overruled proposals for Taiwan's "participation"
in its Assembly for five consecutive years since 1997.
A similar proposal was again turned down by the
WHO Executive Committee in January this year.
This shows that China's stance on this issue has
won the understanding and support of most countries, said
the spokeswoman.
Zhang noted that
Taiwan attempted to take the issue as an excuse to have
"two Chinas" or "one China, one Taiwan"
taking part in the WHO.
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