Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin said that since the United States operates in regions close to the Commonwealth borders, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries should think about ensuring regional biosecurity and create the necessary legal framework for this. His words guide the way RIA News.
At the meeting of CIS permanent representatives in Minsk, Pankin noted that Russia is committed to close cooperation in the field of ensuring biosecurity during its presidency of the Commonwealth in 2024.
According to the diplomat, this region has gained great importance in the face of recorded factors related to US military-biological activities and violations of the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological and Toxin Weapons.
Pankin added that Russia became aware that the Pentagon and related organizations were producing biological weapons components near the CIS borders.
“We propose to think together about expanding the regional biological security system, including the creation of an appropriate legal framework,” the deputy minister said.
Early last week, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Chief of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Corps (RCBZ) of the Russian Armed Forces statedHe said the Pentagon was investigating the possibility of using the monkeypox virus as a biological weapon.
Formerly Russian Ministry of Defense accused The United States aims to contain the biological situation.