Original title: It’s cold! Brinken did not invite the Taiwan authorities to hold the Ministerial Meeting on Epidemic Prevention. Before that, the island was hyped about “may attend”
[环球网报道]According to Taiwan’s “Central News Agency”, US Secretary of State Blincoln held the first meeting of epidemic prevention ministers today (11th). Taiwan media had previously speculated on whether the US would invite the DPP authorities to participate. However, the US finally invited the mainland but did not invite Taiwan. The US State Department spokesperson explained that “limited by the time and format of the meeting,” it was not possible to invite more partners for epidemic prevention. In response to this, some netizens on the island said that the United States has a big cover on its lips, showing that it is playing Taiwan as an idiot. Some netizens also said that Taiwan is only 47th in the American ranking of epidemic prevention, and the DPP authorities should stop being intoxicated.
According to reports, Brinken held the first COVID-19 (new crown pneumonia) ministerial meeting via video this morning, inviting nearly 40 foreign ministers, observers and leaders of regional organizations to participate to discuss how to increase vaccine penetration and expand vaccine production. Ensure that all countries have sufficient resources to prevent, detect and respond to global epidemics.
According to reports, Qin Gang, the Chinese ambassador to the United States, was invited to attend the meeting, but Taiwan was not invited to attend the meeting this time.
The report mentioned that in response to why Taiwan was not invited this time, a US State Department spokesperson told Taiwan media in an anonymous manner that the United States believes that all partners must work together to end the epidemic and pave the way for a safer future. “Unfortunately, due to time and form constraints, we cannot invite many close partners in global epidemic prevention.”
The spokesperson also said that the United States wants to ensure that all foreign ministers can speak, while ensuring that participants are diverse in terms of regional and economic scale. Although not all of the US allies and partners are participating in today’s ministerial meeting, the spokesperson mentioned that the US will still work hard to cooperate with them in responding to the epidemic and strengthening global health security.
Regarding the fact that Taiwan was not invited to participate this time, some netizens on the island said that Taiwan’s epidemic prevention resilience ranking (published by Bloomberg News) ranked 47th, so don’t be intoxicated anymore. “↓
Some netizens sarcastically, “Baggars (satisfied that the DPP authorities are the anti-epidemic beggars praying for vaccines)… Please!” ↓
Some netizens also said, “Not even an epidemic prevention meeting is called, and the mouth is still here and there, showing that it is playing with the DPP authorities in Taiwan (Hokkien: idiot).” ↓
Some netizens sarcastically, “(DPP authorities) is not very’Maji’ with the United States (Taiwanese saying: Describes a good relationship)… Laughing!” ↓
According to previous reports, regarding the epidemic prevention ministerial meeting convened by Brinken, Taiwan media had previously speculated on whether the United States invited Taiwan to participate, and asked the United States on related issues many times. However, neither the United States nor Taiwan’s “representative offices in the United States” Give a positive response. In this regard, some netizens on the island criticized that the United States played a two-handed strategy to push Taiwan to the forefront. Only the DPP authorities were arrogant, and the people of Taiwan did not want to fight for the United States.
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