WHO denies change to Taiwan status quo after Japanese finance minister claims Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the comments in Tokyo.

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that its position on Taiwan remained unchanged after Japan’s finance minister claimed that the health body’s chief executive intended to strengthen ties with the island. On December 6, Japanese Minister of Finance Satsuki Katayama made a social media post in Japanese stating that during a visit to Tokyo, the WHO director general had “explicitly [stated] his intention to strengthen ties” with Taiwan. The post was made following a forum in Tokyo on…

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