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EU backs WHO after Trump pull-out threat

AFP WORLD
Published May 19,2020
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A European Union flag flies outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, December 19, 2019. (REUTERS Photo)

The European Union backed the World Health Organisation and multilateral efforts to fight the coronavirus on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump threatened to quit the global agency.

"This is the time for solidarity, not the time for finger pointing or for undermining multilateral cooperation," European foreign affairs spokeswoman Virginie Battu-Henriksson told reporters.