Zhao Lijian said that the United States should open the door to accept the inspection of the international community

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According to the "Office of the Foreign Affairs Ministry", at the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 30, a reporter from the Beijing Daily asked: According to reports, Scott Benneter, a US retired military intelligence officer, said that the United Nations should be based on Russia based on Russia The collected evidence opened an international court to operate the laboratory and create biological weapons in Ukraine. What is China's comment?

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Zhao Lijian: 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, 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.

"Checking 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.

At the end of this year, the ninth review conference will be held. The United States should take this as an opportunity to change the stubborn stubborn position to the exclusive opposition to establishing a convention verification mechanism, and to make a substantial contribution to the global governance of biological safety. 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.

Foreign Ministry spokesman's office

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