The European Union urged the United States on Saturday to reconsider its decision to cut ties with the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
FILE PHOTO: Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the World Health Organization , walks past the headquarters of the World Health Organization after the World Health Assembly following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
“In this context, we urge the U.S. to reconsider its announced decision,” they said a day after President Donald Trump announced the move, accusing the U.N. agency of becoming a puppet of China. The decision is “the wrong signal at the wrong time,” Maas told German media group Funke. With the number of infections continuing to rise globally, “we cannot tear down the dike in the middle of a storm”, he said.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has defended the agency against fierce criticism by Trump, has promised a review of its performance after the pandemic eases.
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