In the UN General Assembly sharp controversy between the United States and China / Article / LSM.lv

At the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, US President Donald Trump has sharply criticized the policy pursued by the People’s Republic of China. UN Secretary-General Antoniu Guteresre warned on a new Cold War between the two great powers. –

In a speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said that the world must hold China accountable for its actions in connection with the new coronavirus pandemic.

In a pre-recorded video played in the UN General Assembly Hall, Trump blamed Beijing for allowing Covid-19 to escape from China and infect the entire world.

“The United Nations must hold China accountable for its actions,” Trump said.

Trump, facing a tough fight for re-election as president on November 3, has sought to dispel voter criticism of his policy during the pandemic, blaming China for the disaster.

“We must bring to justice the country that triggered this plague in the world,” Trumps said.

He accused China of caring solely for its own interests when the potentially lethal virus first appeared in Wuhan last year.

Trump said that “the Chinese government and the World Health Organization, controlled in principle by China, have falsely declared that there is no evidence of [vīrusa] human – to – human transmission “.

CONTEXT:

About the new coronavirus spread China informed the World Health Organization (WHO) late last year in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, home to 11 million people. World Health Organization in March 2020 announcedthat Covid-19 has reached the level of a global pandemic.

A few months later, in the summer, there was a decline in the spread of the infection in Europe, which led to the lifting of a series of strict restrictions. However, in mid-September WHO warnedthat Europe will face an increase in Covid-19 coronavirus deaths in the autumn months.

In September, neighboring countries were also included in the list of “self-isolation countries” defined by Latvia Estonia a Lithuania. True, self-isolation requirements exception established for the residents of the border towns of Valka and Valga.

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