MOSCOW, March 10. /TASS/. The US administration is unable to ensure the necessary level of control over the country’s dual-use research activities, Chief of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov said.
"The inability of the US administration to ensure the necessary level of control over dual-use research carried out in the country is also confirmed by other documents," he pointed out at a briefing.
In this regard, Kirillov noted that on January 27, 2023, "a panel of experts from the United States National Biosecurity Research Advisory Council submitted a report to assess the effectiveness of existing biosafety legislation." "The report addressed dual-use research and research into the increased potential of pandemic infections, two of the major topics of greatest concern to the Biological Weapons Convention. It also cites inadequate monitoring of BWC-relevant biological research as its main areas of concern. The paper calls once again for greater transparency, and for contractors - whether private or public - to be required to notify oversight bodies of their goals, objectives and potential risks, whether they are conducting experiments within or outside the United States," the Russian general stressed.
"Such calls to the US leadership have been heard for more than 20 years. Nevertheless, the White House is not disposed to listen, not even to the advice of its own experts," the chief of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops emphasized.