Foreign Ministry spokesman China Geng Shuang responded to the statement of US President Donald trump that China will be consequences if flash intends was organized by the authorities of the country.
According to Shuang, American policymakers should remember that their enemy is a coronavirus, not China, reports TASS.
“China, like all other countries, also became a victim of the epidemic. We are the ones who suffered the damage, not caused it, and even more are not accomplices of the virus,” – said the diplomat.
According to Shuang, the international community must work together to get through this difficult time, “and not to point fingers at each other and look responsible.”
The diplomat noted that the United States has not suffered any responsibility for the bird flu or the world economic crisis of 2008 that affected the whole world.
“you Have to understand that the enemy is a virus, not China. The international community must cooperate to defeat the virus. Insults you can’t buy time or to bring back the dead”, – said the representative of the foreign Ministry.
However, Shuang expressed the hope that “certain leaders in the USA will respect facts and science, and judgment of the international community”.
“They should stop insulting China, to stop making irresponsible statements and focus on domestic efforts to combat the epidemic and to promote global cooperation against the pandemic,” he concluded.
Earlier, U.S. President Donald trump said that China may face the consequences if it is proved that Beijing deliberately allowed the outbreak caused by the novel coronavirus disease. Trump said that the United States authorities decided to investigate the circumstances of pandemic coronavirus.
Earlier, the US had made allegations of involvement in China to the spread of coronavirus. So, the American TV channel Fox News said that “patient zero,” which could start a pandemic coronavirus, allegedly worked in the laboratory of Virology in Wuhan, China. The Chinese authorities said in response that all the assumptions have no scientific evidence.
