China criticises U.S. 'scapegoating' as COVID origin report to be released

China criticises U.S.
# 26 August 2021 01:10 (UTC +04:00)

China criticised on Wednesday the U.S. "politicization" of efforts to trace the origin of the coronavirus, demanding without any evidence that U.S. labs be investigated, ahead of the release of a U.S. intelligence report on the virus, APA reports quoting Reuters.

The U.S. report is intended to resolve disputes among intelligence agencies considering different theories about how the coronavirus emerged, including a once-dismissed theory about a Chinese laboratory accident.

"Scapegoating China cannot whitewash the U.S.," Fu Cong, director-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' arms control department, told a briefing.

A White House official said on Wednesday that President Joe Biden had been briefed on the classified report. "We look forward to having an unclassified summary of key judgments to share soon," the official said.

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THE OPERATION IS BEING PERFORMED