U.S. calls for Taiwan's return as observer to WHO annual meeting

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged the World Health Organization to invite Taiwan to its annual meeting as an observer as it did prior to 2017.Before the WHO's decision-making body holds the meeting on May 21 to 30 in Geneva, the U.S. top diplomat released a statement saying that excluding Taiwan from the gathering is "unjustified and undermines inclusive global public health cooperation and security, which the world demands."The call came amid heightened tensions over Taiwan between the United States and China, which claims the self-ruled democratic island as part of i…READ FULL ARTICLE