State Department voices support for Chinese ambassador who says it's 'crazy' to blame coronavirus on US military
The State Department backed up China’s Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai for calling the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s assertion that the U.S. Army was responsible for the virus’ outbreak in Wuhan a “crazy thing.”
“We welcome Ambassador Cui's comments calling the Chinese Foreign Ministry's statement a 'crazy thing' that blamed the U.S. Army for the #coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan,” tweeted State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus. “Saving lives is more important than saving face.”
The State Department backed up China’s Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai for calling the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s assertion that the U.S. Army was responsible for the virus’ outbreak in Wuhan a “crazy thing.”
“We welcome Ambassador Cui's comments calling the Chinese Foreign Ministry's statement a 'crazy thing' that blamed the U.S. Army for the #coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan,” tweeted State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus. “Saving lives is more important than saving face.”
In an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation" in February, Cui said, "There are people who are saying that these virus are coming from some military lab, not of China, maybe in the United States. How -- how can we believe all these crazy things?” He has stood by his comments ever since, most recently in an interview with Axios that aired Sunday on HBO. Click here for more.
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Other coronavirus developments:
- Hawley slams China for costing world 'thousands of lives and billions of dollars'
- Congressional resolution seeks international probe of China's coronavirus handling
- Coronavirus: Everything you need to know
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