“The bill introduced by some US senators absolutely neglects the facts, they want to start an investigation with the presumption of guilt in order to blame China for failure to fight the epidemic. It's impossible. We express a strong protest, ”RIA Novosti quoted Zhao Lijiang as saying.

Earlier, US U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham announced that he had introduced a bill on sanctions against China for the spread of coronavirus.

The bill invites President Donald Trump to impose sanctions if China does not provide a full report on the occurrence of an outbreak. The project was also supported by eight Republican senators.

In early May, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Washington has "impressive evidence" indicating that the source of the coronavirus pandemic is a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan.