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Russia plans to initiate meetings on US military-biological activities in Ukraine

Director of the Foreign Ministry's Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Vladimir Yermakov noted that the package of documents prepared by Russia on the military-biological activity of the United States in Ukraine is based on facts and evidence

MOSCOW, May 28. /TASS/. Russia intends to raise the issue of US military-biological activities in Ukraine at open meetings in the UN Security Council in the near future, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Vladimir Yermakov told TASS on Saturday.

"We plan to finish preparing materials in the near future and initiate activities at the Biological Weapons Convention and UN Security Council platforms. The relevant meetings will be open," he said.

Russia intends to demand comprehensive information and documents on military biological activities in Ukraine from the United States and its allies, the diplomat added. "We will demand that the United States and its allies provide comprehensive explanations, information and documents on such activity on Ukrainian territory, instead of the previous empty excuses, in order to resolve all issues, and also return to the proper implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention," Yermakov said.

He noted that the package of documents prepared by Russia on the military-biological activity of the United States in Ukraine is based on facts and evidence obtained during a special military operation. "They confirm that military-biological activities were carried out in biological laboratories on the territory of Ukraine with the support of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency of the Pentagon and affiliated companies, contradicting Articles I and IV of the Biological Weapons Convention," Yermakov explained.