China says US in forefront of biomilitary activity worldwide
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China accuses the United States of being the country most engaged in biomilitary activity amid similar accusations from Washington.
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The building of a US laboratory that Russia claims to be a biolab in Georgia is shown in a picture released by the Russian Defense Ministry during a briefing in the Russian Defense Ministry's headquarters in Moscow, Russia, October 4, 2018 (AP)
The United States is currently at the forefront of biomilitary activity globally, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Friday in response to a Pentagon report assessing global biological threats.
The Department of State released a comprehensive assessment of biological threats that it titled "DoD Biodefense Posture Review". The report categorizes China as a principal long-term menace over its major advancements in the area of biological weaponry.
Reportedly, China's ventures raised concerns for US national security as the latter despite the latter pursuing biological weapons as well.
"As widely recognized, it is the United States that undertakes the highest volume of biomilitary operations globally and engages in actions that spark suspicions," Wang told reporters.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry representative went on to assert that the United States frequently produces reports regarding alleged threats as part of its geopolitical strategies with the intention of dissuading and controlling other nations while safeguarding its dominant interests.
These maneuvers from Washington contribute to escalating tensions and negatively impact the worldwide management of biosecurity.
China, Wang stressed, is committed to encouraging the global community to evaluate how the United States aligns with the Biological Weapons Convention's tenets. Furthermore, he called upon the United States to earnestly fulfill its international responsibilities in this domain.
Biolabs and biological weapons are of utmost importance in the current state of affairs, as it was discovered that the United States has been helping with the construction of biolabs in Ukraine. Initially, Washington refused to admit the existence of US Biolabs in Ukraine, however, later in time Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland did.
Moreover, US Democratic Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vehemently and extensively criticized the United States in June during a speech before the Free State Project, where he touched on numerous issues, from the war in Ukraine to bioweapons, US bases on foreign soil, and the cases of Julian Assange and Edward Snowden.
For the full speech, read this.
Operation Paperclip, the CIA's first project, aimed to bring Nazi scientists to the United States after World War II. These scientists were employed to work on developing missiles, nuclear weapons, and bioweapons at high-security labs such as Fort Dietrich, as well as other facilities across the nation, the Democratic candidate revealed.
He also revealed that the CIA sought to enlist Japanese scientists, known for their use of bioweapons during World War II, to participate in the development of a pilot weapons program.
Kennedy also highlighted how then-US President Richard Nixon unilaterally announced the end of the bio-weapons program in 1969, when he went to Fort Dietrich and announced the program's end.
"Russian troops have secured over 20,000 documents, reference, and analytical materials, and interviewed eyewitnesses and participants in American military-biological programs," since the start of the Ukraine war, Russian Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Defense chief Igor Kirillov said earlier this year.
