[EpochTimesJuly292021](Epoch Times reporter Xia Yu comprehensive report) On Wednesday (July 28), US Secretary of State Anthony Brinken met with World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Tedros, expressing US support The WHO plans to conduct more investigations into the origin of COVID-19, including investigations in China.
Earlier this month, WHO called on all countries to work together to investigate the origin of the coronavirus (CCV) that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. Beijing rejected plans to conduct more investigations into laboratories and seafood markets in China.
The US State Department stated that Brinken met with WHO Director-General Tedros Tedros in Kuwait City and discussed plans to further study the origin of the pandemic.
State Department spokesperson Ned Price (Ned Price) said in a statement: “Secretary of State Brinken and Director General Tedros discussed cooperation opportunities to continue to reform and strengthen WHO, while building a stronger Global pandemic prevention and response capabilities.”
“Secretary Brinken affirmed that the United States supports WHO’s plan to conduct more investigations into the origin of COVID-19, including in the People’s Republic of China (inside the territory), to better understand the current pandemic and prevent future pandemics “The statement said.
Price said: “He (Blinken) emphasized the need for timely, evidence-based, transparent, expert-led and uninterrupted investigations in the next phase.”
On July 15, Tan Desai asked the Chinese government to assist in the second phase of the virus origin investigation, including sending people to the laboratory in Wuhan to check it on the spot, and asked Beijing to provide more relevant raw data. He also said that the WHO needs to conduct more investigations on whether the virus has leaked from the laboratory.
Zeng Yixin, deputy director of the National Health Commission of the Communist Party of China, stated on July 22 that it is impossible for China to accept it.
On the same day, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki responded at a press briefing that China (the CCP) had not fulfilled its obligations and tried to prevent further investigations. “Their (CCP) position is irresponsible, and frankly, it is dangerous,” she said.
On Tuesday (July 27), the European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education, and Youth Affairs, Mariya Gabriel, said that he would join the ranks of the US, Australian and Japanese governments and experts and called on the Chinese government to reconsider not Rejected the WHO’s proposal for the second phase of COVID-19 origin research.
The CCP’s mission to the European Union expressed its dissatisfaction on Wednesday, referring to it as “political manipulation.”
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