China urges Washington and Kiev to provide response to Russia on biological program in Ukraine

States involved in biological programs in Ukraine must provide responses to questions raised by Russia, Chinese Permanent Representative to the UN Zhang Jun said during the UN Security Council meeting Friday.

“Any information about military biological activities must raise concerns and draw attention of the international community, so that irreparable damage could be avoided. In this regard, the sides must display a responsible approach. Russia presented new, just discovered documents on this issue. The interested sides must answer questions and provide timely and comprehensive explanations in order to alleviate doubts of the international community,” he said.

At the beginning of the meeting, Russian Permanent Representative Vasily Nebenzya stated that Russia obtained new information on Ukrainian biological laboratories’ operations with dangerous viruses. The US managed these activities and funded them.

 Zhang Jun affirmed that China believes that under no circumstances should any country develop biological weapons, and opposes any research of this kind.

“China resolutely opposes the development, possession or use of biological and chemical weapons by any country under any circumstance,” he told the UN Security Council meeting on the military biological research in Ukraine. ·

Apart from that, China urges all countries “to destroy their chemical weapons stockpiles as soon as possible.”

 Source: Itar Tass