Slovakia to Donate Reciprocal 10,000 Vaccines to Taiwan 回報台贈口罩 斯使館:沒忘記自己的朋友

Slovakia said "it has not forgotten its friend" and announced its plan to donate 10,000 vaccines to Taiwan. It is the second E.U. country after Lithuania to donate masks to Taiwan.

On July 15, the European Union announced it would subsidize up to 75 percent of transport costs for vaccine donations between countries. Over three million vaccines have already been donated through the EU mechanism, with one of the latest donations being a gift of 10,000 vaccines from Slovakia to Taiwan.

Joanne Ou, Spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs:”The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its deepest gratitude for Slovakia's sincere friendship and goodwill. They are still working out the final details and legal procedures, so we don't know what kind of vaccines we are getting or when they will be delivered at this point in time.”

Taiwan previously donated 700,000 masks to Slovakia. Slovakia's representative office in Taiwan wrote on its Facebook that it remembers its friends and the vaccines are a gift in return. 

Last year, Slovakia included Taiwan on its green list. This past May, the Slovak parliament passed a resolution supporting Taiwan's participation in the World Health Assembly.

Juraj Droba (May 21, 2021), Governor, Bratislava Region:”Wish the best luck go directly to the island of Taiwan and even more specifically to Kaohsiung City, which is our partner city. I also hope that WHO would be able to help and maybe will help Taiwan become a member of WHO member.”

On July 15, the European Parliament criticized China for its human rights record and expressed support for a bilateral investment agreement between the European Union and Taiwan.

The US House Foreign Affairs Committee, meanwhile, has passed the "EAGLE" bill, which supports enhancing trade ties with Taiwan, official negotiations with Taiwan's representative office in the US, and the stance that the United Nations' recognition of China is irrelevant to Taiwan.

歐盟15號宣布，透過歐洲民事保護機制來協助各國接種疫苗，歐盟最多負擔75%的運輸費用。而透過這機制捐出去的疫苗已超過300萬劑，準備名單中，就包括由斯洛伐克提供台灣一萬劑，這是也是繼立陶宛之後，第二個歐盟國家贈台疫苗。

外交部發言人 歐江安：「外交部我們對於斯洛伐克的真誠友誼跟善意，表達我方的由衷感謝。目前他們還在進行最後相關法律的程序，因此包括疫苗的種類及運送的時程等，相關的細節確認當中。」

台灣先前總共捐贈斯洛伐克70萬片口罩，斯洛伐克經濟文化辦事處則在臉書表示，斯洛伐克並沒有忘記自己的朋友，感謝台灣捐贈口罩，現在斯洛伐克也將捐贈台灣一萬劑疫苗表達支持。

斯洛伐克也很挺台，去年就將台灣列入「綠色國家」名單，5月國會更首度通過支持台灣參與WHA。

斯洛伐克布拉第斯拉瓦省長 德羅巴(2021.05.21.)：「對台灣送上最直接的祝福，特別是對高雄市我們的姊妹市。我也希望WHO可以幫忙，或是可以讓台灣成為WHO的成員。」

歐洲友台聲浪逐漸升高，歐洲議會外交委員會15號通過呼籲歐盟制定中國新戰略報告草案，除了批評中國侵犯人權行為，也支持歐盟台灣啟談雙邊投資協定。

美國眾議院外委會同樣也通過抗中「老鷹法案」，法案呼籲美台擴大經貿關係、就駐美代表處正名展開協商，並強調聯合國對中國的承認並不涉及台灣。