China was again indignant, this time at the UN, and when, once again, the United States accused the country of being responsible for the pandemic. It happened during a Security Council videoconference meeting.
“Enough already! They have created enough problems in the world!“said Zhang Jun, Chinese ambassador to the UN, addressing the American ambassador Kelly Craft, and under the impassive gaze of the UN chief, Portuguese António Guterres.
“Before pointing the finger at others, what is the cause of the seven million cases of infection and more than 200,000 deaths in the United States?” Asked the Chinese ambassador, accusing Washington of spreading “the virus of disinformation”, in addition to ” lie “and” cheat “.
“A great power must behave like a great power”
Doing so “will not solve any problems,” he insisted. “Stop politicizing the virus (…) a great power must behave like a great power,” he said, before receiving support from his Russian colleague, Vasily Nebenzia.
During the meeting led by Nigerian President Issufu Mahamadu and attended by the leaders of Tunisia and Estonia, in addition to the chancellors of Russia and France, Kelly Craft reiterated the charges made by President Donald Trump on Tuesday during his speech before the UN General Assembly.
“I should be ashamed! I am shocked and outraged by the content of today’s discussion”said Craft at the beginning of his speech.
“I’m actually quite ashamed of this Council, with members who took the opportunity to focus on political resentments rather than [se concentrarem] on the critical issue of the agenda, “he added.
“The decision by the Chinese Communist Party to hide the origin of this virus, to minimize the danger and to suppress scientific cooperation has transformed a local epidemic into a global pandemic,” said the ambassador.
“Most importantly, these decisions have already cost hundreds of thousands of lives worldwide. Hundreds of thousands“.
After the Chinese ambassador’s speech, Craft disappeared from the image and was replaced by a second-degree diplomat from the United States mission to the UN.
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