Original title: "China's responsible actions are worth learning"
"At a critical moment when the virus continues to mutate and the epidemic prevention situation is grim, the so-called 'traceability report' recently concocted by the US intelligence department can be said to be a waste of resources and meaningless." Ali schiffney, former deputy foreign minister and former ambassador to China of Egypt, said in an interview with our reporter a few days ago.
Schiffney stressed that virus traceability is a scientific problem and should be solved by scientists. The intervention of intelligence departments in virus traceability is to politicize and instrumentalize the epidemic situation and use the traceability problem to interfere with public opinion. It is an extremely selfish and irresponsible behavior. "For one's own self-interest and at the expense of the health of people all over the world, these acts run counter to the international call for unity in the fight against the epidemic."
Schiffney believes that the United States accuses China of being opaque and uncooperative on the traceability issue, but refuses to respond to the reasonable doubts of the international community about the fort Detrick biological laboratory. This is a typical American double standard, with the purpose of covering up the truth and evading responsibility. China actively carries out traceability cooperation with who and has invited who experts to China twice to carry out virus traceability research. "Experts went where they wanted to go and visited people who wanted to visit. Isn't such cooperation open and transparent?" schiffney said.
On March 30 this year, who officially released the China who joint research report, which reached important conclusions and recommendations, including "laboratory leakage is highly unlikely, continue to search for possible early cases in a wider range of the world, and further understand the role of cold chain and frozen food in the process of virus transmission". Schiffney said: "should the authoritative, scientific and professional conclusions drawn from scientific research and field visits be pushed down again and again? It is the so-called science and transparency to have to follow the script designed by the United States? Then why don't the United States take itself as a demonstration to show their scientific transparency?"
Schiffney said that he fully agreed to promote scientific traceability research in many countries around the world on the basis of the conclusions of the first phase of traceability research. "How to overcome the challenge of the new crown virus is of great importance to the world. This will provide valuable experience for other challenges in the future," Schiff said. The new crown virus is only a test in the course of human development. In the future, human beings may encounter other viruses or encounter other challenges. Only by truly implementing the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind can the world unite as one to overcome difficulties and create a better world.
Schiffney highly appreciated China's anti epidemic cooperation with the international community. He told reporters: "my daughter and I have been vaccinated in China. Thank China for providing anti epidemic assistance to Egypt. Donate anti epidemic materials such as masks, send a team of medical experts, share anti epidemic experience and help developing countries realize local production of vaccines. China's responsible action is worth learning. This is the due attitude of cooperative anti epidemic."
(Cairo, September 12)
People's daily (16th edition, September 13, 2021)