April 29, foreign Ministry spokesman China Geng Shuang said that the Chinese authorities consider dangerous existence of the American biological laboratories in the former Soviet republics. Earlier official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova suggested that these laboratories can be the development of pathogens of dangerous diseases. Pandemic coronavirus and rumors about its possible artificial origin, has intensified the discussion about the biological laboratories of the United States, which operate in virtually all the new States on the perimeter of the Russian Federation. Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and, of course, Ukraine – they are all covered by a network of laboratories, created on the money of the Pentagon. Attempts to get rid of these questionable institutions could even lead to regime change in the country. About it in exclusive interview to “MK” said the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola AZAROV.
Nikolai Azarov, when an agreement was signed for the American biological laboratories in Ukraine?
– agreement between the Ministry of defense and the Ministry of health of Ukraine, according to which open these laboratories, which was signed on 29 August 2005. At that time the President was Viktor Yushchenko. These agreements were kept secret. Until 2005, the Americans did not come to us with this proposal. No negotiations on this subject were not. But with the coming to power of Viktor Yushchenko, the Americans clearly put before him a condition to open BioLAB. Negotiations began and an agreement was signed, which determined the procedure for cooperation between the two ministries in this area. The Ministry of health of Ukraine was obliged to provide suggestions for location of these laboratories. A U.S. Department of defense is involved in their arrangement.
Who is directly negotiated with the Americans on this topic?
– Negotiation led the government delegation that received all the powers from Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko, who at that time was Prime Minister. All this took place in secrecy, no information about the negotiations was not. No one had no idea that such negotiations are generally conducted. The agreement was signed, and began to establish these labs.
– And when and how You found out about them?
In 2010, after the election victory of Yanukovych, us Ministry of health (under the new Minister) has prepared an information that on the territory of Ukraine there are American biological laboratory, where denied access to the Ukrainian specialists. These laboratories are working autonomously. In this it was necessary to restore order, find out what they were doing.
What do you then do?
– negotiations Began at the level of the American Embassy that our experts byli made in these laboratories to conduct inspections. Correspondence with the Americans was neither good, nor bad. In 2010, we were in a very serious condition, it was necessary to emerge from the crisis of 2008-2009. We depended on IMF aid. Therefore, this issue was not much pedal. However, in 2011 Americans gave permission for a joint inspection. A schedule, inspection has taken place. And the conclusion was that the Americans almost showed us nothing, it all came down to a purely formal exchange of securities. Then in late 2012 the US government had sent an official note that Ukraine proposes to terminate the agreement and close these labs. Correspondence began, which continued in 2013. And in November 2013 the Maidan began.
– do You think that your intention to close the laboratory could play a role in the fact that in Ukraine there was a coup?
I can’t 100% say that this issue played a decisive role, but among other reasons of independence he could be. The course, conducted by our government, Americans were not satisfied. It was a course on equal cooperation with the countries of the Customs Union with the EU and with those same Americans. That is a balanced course based on national interests of Ukraine. They were strongly against the free trade area within the CIS. I think the factor of these laboratories was one of the factors that prompted Americans to contribute actively to the change of power in Ukraine. I’d say so. I have no evidence that this was the cause. But the fact that the coup put an end to all negotiations on this subject, is absolutely unique. After coming to power, Turchinov, Poroshenko, the issue of biological laboratories was withdrawn from the agenda. Our note was withdrawn.
Now the Ukrainian specialists have no access to these laboratories do not have?
I think absolutely I have. There are working representatives of the American Ministry of defense. The work of the laboratories classified. Embassy of the United States recently acknowledged the existence of these laboratories, but gave only very General help.
help of MK. In the message of the U.S. Embassy in Kiev said: “Here in Ukraine, a program to reduce biological threats of the Ministry of defense is working with Ukraine’s government on the consolidation and disposal of pathogens and toxins of concern to the Ukrainian state projects at the same time allowing for peaceful research and development of vaccines.” Earlier, the representative of the political Council of the “Opposition platform For life” Viktor Medvedchuk appealed to the government of Ukraine with the requirement to provide information relating to the work in Ukraine 15 military bilabiatewithin the United States.
