German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has indirectly criticized the Chinese regime for taking the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to expand its influence through “vaccine diplomacy.” He called on the international community to counter China’s expanding influence in Africa and Latin America, and warned against the regime’s tactic to divide Europe. Maas gave a speech at the Ecumenical Church Congress in Frankfurt, Germany on May 15. He said that some countries are trying to increase their geopolitical influence through vaccine diplomacy—referring to China and Russia, according to a report by World Today News. Their vaccine diplomacy is more about “the interests of countries that provide vaccines than those of countries that are urgently dependent on vaccines,” Maas said. He also emphasized that “vaccine nationalism is not the way to go.” At the meeting of foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) held earlier this month, Maas called on all …