Taiwan donates humanitarian aid, medical supplies to Ukraine

The authorities of Taiwan held a ceremony last night at the local Taoyuan airport for the dispatch of humanitarian aid and medical supplies to Ukraineinforms today the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the island.

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The shipment, jointly organized by agencies such as the Legislative Yuan and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Health, includes 27 tons of “drugs and medical equipment and supplies.”

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The China Airlines plane carrying the goods is destined for Frankfurt, Germany, from where it will be transported to Ukraine by “appropriate routes”, according to the Ministry.

Taiwan, “as a member of the international democratic community,” is willing to “exhibit the spirit of ‘Taiwan can help,'” the ministry said, adding that the island “will urgently provide Ukraine with the necessary relief supplies.”

The president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, condemned last week on her Twitter account the Russian actions for “attacking Ukrainian sovereignty”, while assuring that the island “will strengthen its response to cognitive warfare”.

“Beijing could take advantage of the situation in Ukraine to start a cognitive war with Taiwan that would convince the island’s inhabitants that the United States would not honor its commitment to defend it,” a Taiwanese national security official warned the local CNA agency.

Taiwan currently maintains diplomatic relations with 14 countries: Guatemala, Honduras, Vatican City, Haiti, Paraguay, Eswatini, Tuvalu, Nauru, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Belize, the Marshall Islands, and Palau.

China claims for itself the sovereignty of Taiwan, which it considers a rebellious province for whose reunification it has not ruled out the use of force.

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Source: Elcomercio

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