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China Opposes European Parliament's Taiwan Resolution

The Chinese government has accused the European Parliament of interfering in China's internal affairs with its support for Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organization (WHO).


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EP urged to stop interfering in Taiwan resolution
The Chinese government has accused the European Parliament of interfering in China's internal affairs with its support for Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organization (WHO).

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue made the remarks Tuesday at a regular press conference.

Zhang said the European Parliament had passed a resolution on March 14, requiring the European Union Commission and EU member nations to support Taiwan's "entry" to the World Health Organization (WHO) as an observer.

It was widely accepted that the WHO was a special organ of the United Nations which only sovereign states had a right to join, Zhang said.

Taiwan not qualified to join the WHO
"Taiwan, a province of China, is not qualified to join it," she said.

The World Health Assembly had vetoed the so-called resolutions on Taiwan's "entry" since 1997, and the relevant resolution had been rejected again by the WHO executive commission this year, she said.

This demonstrated that the Chinese government's stance on this issue had been supported and understood by most of the international community, she said.

Zhang said the Taiwan issue was China's internal affair and should be settled by the Chinese people themselves, and foreign countries had no right to interfere.

Taiwan's "entry" to the WHO, for any reason or in any way, was an infringement of Chinese sovereignty and territorial integrity, and an interference in China's internal affairs, she said, adding that China opposed it resolutely.

Zhang said the China-European Union comprehensive partnership had maintained good momentum for development, and the European Parliament, an important organ of the European Union, should observe a one-China policy.

She urged the European Parliament to stop disturbing China-European Union relations to facilitate their development in a long-term, stable and healthy way.







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