United States (US)
Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, on Wednesday praised Israel for sharing
information during this global efforts to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic and took another swipe at China over what he said was its lack of
transparency.
They said it failed
to inform the world fast enough about the dangers it posed and frustrated those
who raised the alarm.
However, China
strongly denied the charges.
Pompeo told Israeli
Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on his arrival in Israel on a one-day
visit, “you are a great partner, you share information.
“Unlike some other
countries that try and obfuscate and hide that information, and we will talk
about that country too.’’
NAN reports that
Pompeo did not name China and did not give specific examples of Israeli
cooperation in the fight against COVID-19.
Earlier, he repeated
Washington’s charges against China in an interview for the Israel Hayom
newspaper.
“Here is what we
know for sure.
“The virus
originated in Wuhan, China.
“The Chinese
Communist Party knew about this virus in December 2019 and attempted to
obfuscate this.
“They denied people
the ability to talk, they didn’t share this information quickly enough, they
created enormous risk for the world,’’ he said.
The U.S. has
previously cautioned Israel against potential security threats from Chinese
investment in Israel, prompting the Netanyahu government to set up a committee
in October 2019 to vet such projects.
Israel, with a
population of nine million, has reported 16,539 new COVID-19 cases including
262 deaths.
The U.S, which has
328 million people, has reported 1.4 million cases and over 83,000 deaths, the
world’s highest number.
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