The decision of US President Donald Trump to suspend the American financial contribution to the World Health Organization due to what he described as "mismanagement" the health crisis caused by the "emerging corona virus" sparked a widespread condemnation in the world yesterday, while Moscow commented that the concern is For Washington, it is to find a guilty party and show "innocence" from all sins.

In detail, the US President directed yesterday a lengthy indictment to the World Health Organization, saying that "the world has received a lot of misinformation about transmission and deaths," resulting from the "Covid-19" epidemic.

"I order to suspend the funding of the World Health Organization, while conducting a review to assess the role of the WHO in severe mismanagement, and to hide the outbreak of the new Corona virus," Trump said, speaking from the White House gardens.

Trump pointed to a "very in-depth" study that could last between 60 and 90 days. The United States is the largest contributor to financing for the Geneva-based World Health Organization.

The US President pointed out that his country's contribution to financing the organization was between 400 and 500 million dollars annually, compared to China's contribution of about 40 million dollars "and even less."

Trump said the United States is "duty-bound" to hold accountable.

He added: "If the World Health Organization had carried out its work to send medical experts to China to assess the situation on the ground objectively and expose China's lack of transparency, the outbreak could have been contained in the bud with very few deaths."

He continued: "We have had problems with it for years." What angered Trump in particular was the World Health Organization's criticism of his decision, in late January, to prevent travelers from China from entering the United States, a measure that Trump still boasts of, and confirms that it has slowed the virus's arrival. Trump said that "China is always right" according to the WHO.

On the other hand, after the Trump announcement, the Director of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Gebresus, announced yesterday that "there is no time to lose" and "the only concern" is to save lives from the "Covid-19" epidemic. "There is no time to lose, the only concern of the World Health Organization is to help all people to save lives and put an end to the outbreak of the new Corona virus," Gabrius said on his Twitter account, without mentioning Trump's decision.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, considered that "this is not the time to reduce resources" for such an international organization involved in the war against the "Covid-19" epidemic.

"This is not the time to cut funding for the operations of the World Health Organization, or any other humanitarian organization fighting the virus," he said in a statement. "I am convinced that the World Health Organization must be supported because its importance is critical to the efforts of the world to win the war against (Covid-19)."

"This decision will weaken the capabilities of the World Health Organization and undermine international cooperation against the epidemic," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Legian.

Zhao urged the United States to "take its responsibilities and obligations seriously, and support the international efforts against the epidemic, led by the World Health Organization." "We have to work closely with (Coved-19)," German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas wrote in a tweet on Twitter. He added that "one of the best investments is to strengthen the United Nations, especially the World Health Organization, which is lacking funding, for example, to develop and distribute Screening equipment and vaccines.

The minister added that "blaming does not benefit" in the current health conditions, explaining that "the virus knows no borders."

The European Union’s Foreign Minister, Josep Borrell, expressed his “deep regret” at the suspension of the American contribution, and Borrell wrote in a tweet: “There is no reason why” this decision at a time when the efforts of the World Health Organization “are more necessary than ever, to help contain And mitigate (the spread of) the global epidemic, ”he added:“ Only by uniting forces can we overcome this boundless crisis. ”

"The Washington announcement of suspending funding for the World Health Organization raises great concern in our opinion, it reflects the very selfish approach of the US authorities in the face of what is happening in the world," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the TASS news agency.

The Russian Foreign Ministry criticized Trump's decision, and considered that Washington's main concern has always been to find "guilty" and to show "its innocence from all sins."

“The politicians in this country (America) have always been busy searching for a guilty,” the foreign ministry’s spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, said yesterday. “Those responsible for the epidemic are China and the World Health Organization, and Hillary Clinton’s election loss, Russia, and the medical problems in America, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin personally. Their main concern is to find the legendary test tube and present it to the world as evidence of others ’guilt and innocence from all sins.”

A French government spokeswoman announced that France "regrets" Trump's decision, and CeBet Ndiaye said at the end of a cabinet meeting: "It is an unfortunate decision," explaining that Paris hopes "things will return to normal."

Yesterday, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mohammed, said in a tweet that the US decision was "very unfortunate."

Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, commented on the decision, in a tweet on Twitter: "The world is experiencing today what Iran knows and lives all the time. Bullying, threatening and misleading by the American system is not only addiction, but it also kills people."

The "World Health" commented on Trump's announcement, saying, "There is no time to lose" and "the only concern" is to save lives from "Corona."

Antonio Guterres:

"This is not the time to cut funding for WHO or any other humanitarian organization fighting the virus."