The international investigation carried out in China into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic must be “clear and thorough,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Wednesday.
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“It is imperative that we get to the bottom of things in the appearance of the pandemic in China,” she said on the eve of the start of the field investigation by experts from the World Health Organization (WHO). The United States “supports an international investigation which in our opinion must be clear and thorough”.
Washington will “assess the credibility of the investigation report once completed” and tap into “the information gathered and analyzed by American intelligence” on the subject, added Jen Psaki during her daily briefing.
The ten international WHO investigators arrived in Wuhan in mid-January. After a period of quarantine, they must begin their investigations on Thursday in the first city in the world placed in quarantine on January 23, 2020.
This visit is ultra-sensitive for the Chinese regime, anxious to avoid any responsibility for the epidemic which has killed more than 2.1 million people worldwide, while it is practically eradicated in China.
The new US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, will also ensure that American scientific and political experts are present in China to represent American interests there, underlined the spokeswoman for the White House, while the deterioration Relations between Beijing and Washington for more than two years have led to the closure of consulates in both countries.