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BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhuanet) -- 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, 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. Enditem
