Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The United States should make substantial contributions to global governance of biological safety

Author:Ministry of Foreign Affairs Time:2022.06.30

On June 30, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian presided over a regular press conference.

According to reporters, it is reported that the US retirement military intelligence officer Scott Benneter said that the United Nations should open an international court for Russia's collected evidence to operate the laboratory in Ukraine and create biological weapons. What is China's comment?

In this regard, Zhao Lijian said that I noticed the report. We see more and more, including the United States, including the United States questioning biological military activities that the United States carried out around the world. As I have repeatedly emphasized that the United States is the country with the most biological military activities, and the only country that opposes the establishment of the "Prohibition of the Convention on Biological Weapons". The international community has had serious concerns about biological military activities carried out around the world around the world.

Zhao Lijian mentioned that "verification to ensure that compliance" is an international consensus, and the field of biological safety should not be an exception. As one of the depository of the Convention on Biological Weapons, the United States should make an example on this. We once again urged the United States to make a convincing clarification of its biological military activities in Ukraine and other places as soon as possible, rather than avoiding it lightly and intended. The best way to prove the innocence in the United States is to open the door and be inspected by the international community.

In the end, Zhao Lijian emphasized that the ninth review conference will be held at the end of this year. Substantive contribution. This will help restore the confidence of the international community to comply with the United States and will also help improve the level of global biological safety.

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