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Excluding Taiwan from civil aviation talks is putting passengers at risk

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01.10.2025

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – OCTOBER 07: An EVA Airways aircraft parks at Taipei Songshan Airport on October 07, 2023 in Taipei, Taiwan. Tensions between the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan have been rising in recent years with the Chinese government’s threats of invading the self-ruled democratic island because of its claim that Taiwan is a breakaway province from China. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Taiwan is excluded from the UN’s air navigation agency – the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which causes delays in information sharing and heightens the risk of plane crashes. Time to stop putting politics before passengers, says

Flying is an incredibly safe mode of transport – and there’s a reason for that. When things go wrong, as has happened recently in India and Korea, the consequences are catastrophic. That is why safety must be the first priority of the UN’s air navigation agency – the International Civil Aviation........

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