U.S. urges WHO to invite Taiwan as observer to its annual meeting

The U.S. government on Friday called for Taiwan to be invited as an observer to the upcoming meeting of the decision-making body of the World Health Organization, a move China has opposed."There is no reasonable justification for Taiwan's continued exclusion from this forum," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement, referring to the World Health Assembly that is expected to discuss ways to strengthen international cooperation to end the coronavirus pandemic in its meeting starting May 24."The United States calls upon the WHO director general to invite Taiwan to participate as …READ FULL ARTICLE