Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/20/2020
By: Stacy Hsu and Frances Huang

Washington, June 19 (CNA) U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reiterated on Friday in the third Copenhagen Democracy Summit that the United States supports Taiwan's participation in the World Health Assembly (WHA), saying Taiwan's presence will be "useful" to the global community at a time of the COVID-19 pandemic.

After addressing the summit through video conferencing, Pompeo took questions from Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the host of the summit, on whether Taiwan will be allowed to participate in international organizations like the WHA.

Pompeo said it was both appropriate and important for Taiwan to join the WHA at least as an observer.

Taiwan has "a great deal of knowledge to handle the coronavirus very very well. They have high end technology, high end pharmaceutical capability, and high end scientists," Pompeo said.    [FULL  STORY]