Taiwan says vaccine shortage a security issue for global economy

Foreign Minister Wu plays down threat of conflict with China, but stresses preparedness

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Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks via videolink from the ministry in Taipei on Thursday.

CHENG TING-FANG, LAULY LI and ANDREW SHARP, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI/TOKYO-----Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said the island's lack of vaccines is a security issue for the global economy.

"The government here is working very hard to persuade the international community that Taiwan is facing a very unique situation, and it's just not a public health issue," Wu said Thursday at an online press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan. "It's also a security [issue] for the international economy."

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