US president Donald Trump on Friday announced that the US will be terminating ties with the World Health Organization(WHO) after accusing that the Organization is controlled by China where the first case of Novel Coronavirus emerged.
The US President also said he is directing his administration to begin the process of eliminating policy exemptions that give Hong Kong different and special treatment, citing the Chinese parliament’s advancement of national security legislation for Hong Kong, which democracy activists and Western countries fear could erode the city’s freedoms.
‘We will be revising the State Department’s travel advisory for Hong Kong to reflect the increased danger of surveillance and punishment by Chinese state security apparatus,’ he added.
‘China has total control over the WHO despite only paying $40 million a year compared to what the US has been paying which is approx $450 million a year. But the WHO has failed to make requested and needed reforms and so we will be terminating our relationship with the WHO,’ he said.
Trump had suspended US contributions to the WHO last month, accusing it of promoting China’s ‘disinformation’ about the coronavirus outbreak, although WHO officials denied the accusation and China said it was transparent and open.
US President Donald Trump : We are terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization. The world needs answers on the Corona Virus from China-Why China allowed it to spread worldwide while it sealed infected ppl in Wuhan & kept other parts of Chinа safe #DonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/7kSMDCGuR1
— Rosy (@rose_k01) May 29, 2020
