China News Service, Beijing, June 10 (Guo Chaokai) In response to individual politicians and foreign media hyping the new crown virus "Wuhan laboratory leak", Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a regular press conference on the 10th that some US politicians and media are arrogant The hype "the virus is leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology" can not help but reminds me of the scene when the United States hyped up "Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction" in the international arena nearly 20 years ago and created momentum for the launch of the Iraq war. The two methods are exactly the same. .
According to reports, experts from the Wuhan Institute of Virology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently stated that the so-called "Wuhan laboratory leak" is a complete lie. If individual Westerners have relevant evidence, please ask them to show it.
No one at the Wuhan Institute of Virology has ever been infected with the new crown virus, and the "three employees of the Institute of Virology" reported by individual foreign media are completely false news.
At the regular press conference held that day, a reporter asked China's comments on this matter.
Wang Wenbin responded that experts from the Wuhan Institute of Virology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have repeatedly stated that the personnel of the institute have never been infected with the new crown virus, and the so-called "virus leaked from the Wuhan laboratory" is purely a rumor.
At the beginning of this year, the WHO joint expert group visited the institute and conducted in-depth exchanges with experts from the institute.
The expert group agreed that it is extremely unlikely that the virus could be caused by a laboratory accident.
Dassak, a member of the WHO international expert group and chairman of the "Ecological Health Alliance", also pointed out in an interview with the US media recently that "there is no evidence that the virus is made in a laboratory." "We have cooperated with the Wuhan Institute of Virology. In 15 years, we knew that there was no new coronavirus in their laboratory."
Wang Wenbin said that although Chinese and foreign experts and the WHO have put forward authoritative and scientific opinions on the so-called "laboratory leaking virus," some US politicians and media still hype "the virus was leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology" and advocated. Investigate this.
This can't help but remind people of the scene when the United States played up "Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction" in the international arena nearly 20 years ago to create momentum for the launch of the Iraq war.
The two methods are exactly the same. They both ignore the opinions of international authoritative institutions, make guilt inferences, and use the statements of officials or intelligence personnel with no real evidence to deceive people. Even the author who spread the false information is the same person.
According to reports, Michael Gordon, who recently hyped the Wuhan Institute of Virology as the source of the virus in the media, was the initiator of the "aluminum tube story" in Iraq in September 2002.
"People can't help but ask, the United States launched the Iraq War on the grounds of the fictitious'weapons of mass destruction threat' in Iraq in order to achieve its own geopolitical goals. This time the United States has hyped up the'laboratory leak theory' without any real evidence. What is the intention of advocating investigation of China?" Wang Wenbin asked, if the real purpose of the US is to trace the virus to the source, why not rely on scientists and use the intelligence agency as the main force?
Wang Wenbin said that if the US is to find the source of the virus, why does it limit the conclusion to be reached within 90 days?
Everyone knows that it often takes a lot of time to trace the source of a virus. It is difficult to find a clear answer for more than ten years or decades. What kind of conclusion will the intelligence personnel draw within 90 days?
He further pointed out that if the US really values transparency, China has invited WHO experts to go to China to conduct two rounds of traceability studies, and WHO experts have also visited the Wuhan Institute of Virology. When can the United States invite WHO experts to Detry Take a look at the Kerbourg Biological Base?
The politicization of traceability serves the self-interest of the United States and harms the international public welfare and the lives and health of the people of all countries. This should be vigilant and opposed by the international community.
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