China News Service, Beijing, August 31. Comprehensive news: In response to the so-called "new crown virus traceability investigation report" recently released by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence, governments, politicians and experts of many countries criticized and condemned the so-called report as purely political manipulation and no purpose. It is to continue to discredit and pressure China, and the United States will politicize the traceability and endanger global anti-epidemic cooperation.
Purely political manipulation
Venezuelan Vice President Rodríguez stated on social media that he opposes this "unfair, unreasonable, and unscientific" approach by the US, and reiterated that Venezuela will work with China to jointly fight the epidemic.
Surab Gupta, a senior researcher at the US-China Research Center, said in an interview that the tracing of the new crown virus should be concluded by scientists through in-depth research. Any behavior that politicizes this issue is deeply regrettable.
Gupta said that traceability requires early, continuous, and in-depth investigation by scientists. In view of the large amount of evidence that needs to be collected and screened, this is a long-term process and should not be disturbed.
However, the US intelligence community came forward to trace the source of the virus, which in itself politicized this scientific issue, delaying and interfering with scientists' virus traceability work.
Gupta pointed out that with the new crown epidemic still raging, what the international community needs most is unity and cooperation to fight the epidemic.
However, since the outbreak, the traceability of the virus has been politicized, and the wearing of masks and vaccinations have also been politicized, which has seriously affected the political foundation for strengthening multilateral cooperation in public health around the world.
"In the long run, it will undermine the creation of a global mechanism to respond to similar pandemics in the future." The serious damage caused by the new crown epidemic to human health and the world economy has made this work even more urgent.
Gonzalo Tordini, an expert on international issues in Argentina and a professor at the National Arturo Jureche University, said that the US release of the so-called traceability investigation report once again politicized the traceability of the virus.
The issue of virus traceability should be a topic studied by scientists or medical experts, and should not be an excuse for the US intelligence community or the political community to attack other countries.
Discrimination and pressure on China
The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on the 30th, saying that in order to politicize the traceability, the United States has made a frenzied effort, the purpose of which is to "attack and blackmail China" and "implement the US political agenda."
The statement pointed out that the U.S. political agenda violates the principles of international law and creates tension. It is also not conducive to the unity of all countries to fight the epidemic.
Gupta believes that the purpose of the US move is to try to maintain a narrative that discredited China's fight against the epidemic. Some US media and political leaders have been creating public opinion around it.
Taking into account the dominant position of the Western media, they may think that the US intelligence community's investigation report can "supply oxygen and sustain life" for this narrative of the US side, and continue to put pressure on China.
Andre Lobato, media commissioner of the Osvaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil, pointed out that the relevant reports concocted by the US intelligence services have no credibility and "just discredit China's psychological warfare."
Vladimir Petrovsky, the chief researcher of the Russia-China Relations Research and Forecast Center of the Far East Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said that the United States’ unsubstantiated accusations against China and the politicization of the virus’s origin are unacceptable. The purpose is Attempt to transfer its own responsibility to China.
Endanger anti-epidemic cooperation
The Venezuelan government issued a statement a few days ago, pointing out that the United States’ practice of politicizing the source of the new crown virus is “very dangerous” and calling on the international community to unanimously condemn it.
The statement said that on the highly sensitive issue of the traceability of the new crown virus, "the US government is attempting to link the origin of the virus with China." This "dangerous approach is not conducive to a proper solution to this problem."
The President of the Cambodian Government Spokesperson Agency, Pasipan, said, “The traceability of the virus is a serious scientific issue and should not be manipulated by politics, otherwise it will cause serious harm to the global efforts to fight the epidemic.” Pasipan said in the traceability of the virus. On the issue, countries should not blame each other, but should unite and cooperate to fight the epidemic.
China has played an important role in helping other countries fight the epidemic.
The former President of Guyana and the former General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Donald Lamotal, recently published an article in Guyana’s media, stating that the scientific findings of the World Health Organization have shown that the new crown virus is “very unlikely” from a laboratory leak, but the United States President Biden still ordered intelligence agencies to conduct unilateral investigations into the origin of the new crown virus. This has led to the fact that in the face of the new crown epidemic, a common threat to all mankind, the international community has not been able to unite to fight the epidemic, but has become more divided. This is very regrettable.
Ramotal called for the new crown virus not to become the "football" of international politics. The international community should seek comprehensive cooperation to end this deadly threat facing human society.
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