China News Agency, Beijing, June 3, comprehensive news: In the past few days, the United States has conducted undisclosed virus research activities in many parts of the world, causing the attention of many Eurasian countries including Ukraine and Russia.
In response to U.S. biological laboratory illegal activities in Ukraine, members of the Ukrainian opposition "for life" party recently issued a complaint statement to the United Nations.
According to the "Russia Today" (RT) report, the Ukrainian congressman said in this complaint statement that there are currently 15 U.S. laboratories in Ukrainian territory engaged in the research of dangerous infectious disease strains. The document also pointed out that due to the leak of virus in the area where the laboratory is located and the outbreak of various infectious diseases in the local area, the Ukrainian believes that the laboratory has violated the provisions of the agreement.
After the Ukrainian congressman issued a complaint, the Ukrainian Ministry of Health responded to this. According to Wutong News, the Ukrainian Ministry of Health stated that from 2005 to 2014, the United States has established 8 laboratories in Lviv, Trans-Carpathian and Crimea, but it is not involved in the document. Of 15, the establishment plan of these institutions was terminated in 2014. However, according to media reports, the plan was resumed in 2016, Ukraine’s Ministry of European Integration and the US Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp. The company agreed on the relevant documents.
The U.S. side’s act of setting up a biological laboratory in Ukraine has aroused great concern from Ukrainian public opinion. According to Sevastopol News Network "ForPost" on the 2nd, citing politician Rostislav Ishchenko said that the United States will not move its biological laboratory from Ukrainian territory because of the Uzbek move. Ishchenko pointed out that the Ukrainian government has no right to manage these laboratories, and all participants have diplomatic immunity. Ishchenko believes that the United Nations may not be able to solve such problems.
Ukrainian “From-UA” news website reported on the 2nd that Ukrainian journalist Anna Levenkova posted on her social media account that the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine confirmed that there is indeed a Pentagon-funded biological laboratory in Ukraine. Levenkova predicts that the US authorities will have to respond publicly to the reasons for the establishment of the virus laboratory.
According to multiple foreign media reports, this is not the first time that Ukrainian parliamentarians have raised this issue. In mid-April of this year, they made relevant investigation requests to Uzbek President Zelensky and the government. But then, American diplomats denied this.
In addition to Ukraine, the United States is also carrying out "military biological activities" in Georgia and some other countries bordering Russia, causing Russian concerns.
According to RIA Novosti, Secretary of the Russian Federal Security Council, Patrushev, pointed out in 2019 that there are currently more than 200 biological laboratories in use around the world by the United States, some of which are located in Ukraine, Georgia, and other Nearby areas. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also stated that it needs to "think" relevant issues from the perspective of maintaining national security.
According to a report by Russia Today (RT), as early as mid-April, the Russian Foreign Ministry accused the US laboratory of spreading deadly pathogens abroad. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Zaharova said, "It is possible that the US Biological Laboratory is manufacturing dangerous pathogens, and the Russian side cannot ignore the US establishment of high-risk infrastructure near the Russian border." In addition, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs published on May 26 The statement said that the advanced bioprotection laboratory established by the US Department of Defense is located at the Richard Lugar Public Health Center near the Russian border. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that these developments cannot help the Russian side to think from the perspective of “maintaining national security ". (Finish)