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The US is calling on China to be “transparent” about the origin of the coronavirus

The head of American diplomacy, Anthony Blinken, called on China today for “cooperation and transparency” on its origins new coronavirus, at the time that the Washington is trying to determine if the Covid-19 could have come from a laboratory accident.

In a telephone conversation with Chinese his counterpart, Yang Jiechi, Blinken also invited Beijing “To end its campaign of pressure on Taiwan” and spoke of their “concern.” USA on the subject “Genocide and crimes against humanity in progress” and targets Xinjiang Uyghur Muslims, according to a State Department statement.

In late May, US President Joe Biden called on the US intelligence service, which has so far been unable to decide between a version of animal origin and a version of a leak from Wuhan’s Chinese laboratory, to “intensify efforts”. to explain the origin of Covid-19 and give its report within 90 days.

According to the APE-BPE, Blinken also called on Beijing to ‘Stop Campaign Against Taiwan’ and “To resolve peacefully” issues related to the island.

He spoke in support of the US Alliance, but said that maintaining some independence was not the answer to the “grave genocide” committed by the Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang. He also raised the issue of “the deterioration of democratic standards in Hong Kong”.

It is the first conversation between the two men after their extremely tense meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, during which the two great rival forces did not hide their differences in front of the TV cameras from all over the world, giving the impression of a gap. impossible to bridge.

And it comes at a time when Blinken is in Britain with US President Joe Biden for the G7 summit, which is being attended by allied forces in Washington.

According to American and Chinese records, the tone was once again controversial.

Blinken specifically called on Beijing once again to “immediately release” Western citizens “victims of arbitrary detention” in China.

However, the two men also discussed issues in which their countries, according to Washington, have common interests, such as North Korea and “the need for the United States and the People’s Republic of China to work together to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.” As well as Iran, Myanmar and the climate crisis.

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