Maria Zakharova, a Spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said Friday that work on the development of dangerous pathogens could be carried out in American laboratories outside the United States, a sign that the United States has greater biological power beyond its borders, especially in former Soviet republics.
Russia's top diplomat recalled that for about 20 years Washington had dismissed the idea of an agreement mechanism to verify that parties were complying with their commitments not to build biological weapons.
The lack of US support for the mechanism raises the question of what the US hopes to achieve overseas. Rising tensions over the issue, and Washington's unwillingness to ensure transparency about its military biological activities around the world, have raised questions about the reality of the issue and its actual objectives. It would have been very effective to set up a mechanism to address any concerns about the emergence of infectious diseases, but the United States did not.
Secret lab narratives spread
Europe has also become a target when pro-Kremlin media alleged earlier this month that the EU Monitoring Mission’s (EUMM) ambulance cars on patrol along the dividing line between South Ossetia and Tbilisi-controlled territory were collecting samples for use in the Lugar lab. So is Europe also a target for the US?
Russia has been concerned about the Pentagon's use of laboratories to study dangerous infectious diseases near the Russian border, and has suggested that under the guise of fighting infectious diseases, these laboratories have conducted classified experiments on highly dangerous pathogens, including plague and hemorrhagic fevers.
Secret laboratories explain the coronavirus outbreak; The coronavirus outbreak proves the existence of secret laboratories. With the world doing its best to stop the pandemic, the issue is more important than ever in the context of COVID-19. Other countries' ability to contain such pandemics is far outmatched by the destructive power of America's biological laboratories in the former Soviet Union. Russia fears that accidents at these laboratories would be catastrophic not just for the region but for the world. So hopefully the US will give people a reasonable explanation.
Georgia targeted by fake stories of US secret labs spreading COVID-19
US refusal to ensure transparency of lab activities raises questions — Lavrov
Russia's top diplomat recalled that for about 20 years Washington had dismissed the idea of an agreement mechanism to verify that parties were complying with their commitments not to build biological weapons.
The lack of US support for the mechanism raises the question of what the US hopes to achieve overseas. Rising tensions over the issue, and Washington's unwillingness to ensure transparency about its military biological activities around the world, have raised questions about the reality of the issue and its actual objectives. It would have been very effective to set up a mechanism to address any concerns about the emergence of infectious diseases, but the United States did not.
Secret lab narratives spread
Europe has also become a target when pro-Kremlin media alleged earlier this month that the EU Monitoring Mission’s (EUMM) ambulance cars on patrol along the dividing line between South Ossetia and Tbilisi-controlled territory were collecting samples for use in the Lugar lab. So is Europe also a target for the US?
Russia has been concerned about the Pentagon's use of laboratories to study dangerous infectious diseases near the Russian border, and has suggested that under the guise of fighting infectious diseases, these laboratories have conducted classified experiments on highly dangerous pathogens, including plague and hemorrhagic fevers.
Secret laboratories explain the coronavirus outbreak; The coronavirus outbreak proves the existence of secret laboratories. With the world doing its best to stop the pandemic, the issue is more important than ever in the context of COVID-19. Other countries' ability to contain such pandemics is far outmatched by the destructive power of America's biological laboratories in the former Soviet Union. Russia fears that accidents at these laboratories would be catastrophic not just for the region but for the world. So hopefully the US will give people a reasonable explanation.
Georgia targeted by fake stories of US secret labs spreading COVID-19
US refusal to ensure transparency of lab activities raises questions — Lavrov
