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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian forwarded a picture of the English edition of the Global Times on Twitter on the 18th, starting with the US biological laboratory in Ukraine.
"What is the United States hiding from the Ukrainian biology laboratory?" Zhao Lijian's tweet reads. ↓
The tweet featured a Global Times English-language map depicting information about the U.S. biology lab in Ukraine. According to a U.S. submission to the BWC Conference at the end of 2021, the U.S. has 26 laboratories in Ukraine, and according to information released by the U.S. Department of Defense on March 11, 2022, the United States has supported 46 Ukrainian laboratories, health facilities, and diagnostic sites since 2005. So, is the number of U.S. laboratories in Ukraine 26 or 46?
Next, the figure lists what Russia has announced in the U.S. research plan, describing what the U.S. is studying. The R-781 program is associated with bats as carriers of potential biological weapons agents, the UP-4 program is associated with migratory birds spreading particularly dangerous infectious diseases, and the UP-8 program studies crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever viruses and hantaviruses.
The image also quotes Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying: "With the support of the Pentagon, Ukraine has launched a military biological test project, including experiments on samples of coronaviruses and other deadly diseases." We have every reason to believe that Ukraine has developed biological weapons components. ”
Russia recently published documents exposing U.S. activities in ukrainian biology laboratories. The image also shows that, according to the Russian side, more than 140 containers containing bat in vitro parasites have been transferred abroad from the Kharkiv Biological Laboratory; thousands of serum samples from COVID-19 patients have been transferred from Ukraine to abroad.
In addition, the picture concludes by saying at a hearing on March 8 that the United States and Ukraine are working to prevent "biological research materials" from falling into the hands of Russian forces.
As of press time, Zhao Lijian's Twitter post has received 3399 likes, 1341 retweets, and 156 comments.
Seeing this picture of U.S. laboratory activities in Ukraine, many netizens expressed anger in the comment area.
Some netizens called for "WHO should investigate this". ↓
Some netizens also sarcastically said, "The United States is exposed everywhere." ”↓
Some netizens were angry about this, calling for sanctions against the United States and asking the United States to provide an explanation. ↓
"Countries should impose sanctions on the U.S. and seize their funds until they explain why the U.S. has 336 biological laboratories in 30 countries." Their oligarchs' property and yachts should also be seized. ”
Some netizens criticized bitterly, "The United States is the world's number one criminal." ”↓
Russia recently announced that it has found more than 30 biological laboratories in Ukraine and obtained relevant documents, which have invested more than $200 million. The list of these biological laboratories, which was published on the official website of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, has been deleted but can still be accessed via a web cache, and most of them have been disclosed by the Russian side. Regarding the information disclosed by the Russian side, while acknowledging that there are "biological research facilities" in Ukraine, the United States argues that these facilities are used for "biological defense and public health response" and are not used for weapons development of any kind.
At a regular press conference held by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on March 8, a reporter mentioned that the BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY OF THE UNITED STATES IN UKRAINE HAS ATTRACTED WIDESPREAD ATTENTION IN RECENT DAYS. In this regard, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that under the current situation, starting from the health and safety of people in Ukraine and the surrounding areas and the whole world, we call on all parties concerned to ensure the safety of these laboratories. In particular, the United States, as the party that knows the most about these laboratories, should disclose the relevant details as soon as possible, including which viruses are stored and what studies have been carried out. Zhao Lijian said that the US biological military activities in Ukraine are just the tip of the iceberg. The U.S. Department of Defense controls 336 biological laboratories in 30 countries around the world in the name of "cooperation to reduce biosecurity risks" and "strengthening global public health". 336, you heard it right! The United States also conducts a large number of biological military activities at fort Detrick's base within its borders.
Zhao Lijian also said: What is the real intention of the United States? What exactly was done? The international community has always had misgivings. The United States has always been perfunctory, even describing the international community's questioning as "spreading false information." Moreover, for 20 years, the United States has been exclusively obstructing the establishment of the Biological Weapons Convention verification mechanism and refusing to accept verification of its biological facilities at home and abroad. This further heightens the concerns of the international community. We once again urge the US side to provide comprehensive clarification on its biological militarization activities at home and abroad and to accept multilateral verification.