PARIS, June 29 (Xinhua) -- France has recently
announced that it does not have information to corroborate a possible
link between the origin of the novel coronavirus and the Wuhan Institute
of Virology.
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"As regards the origin of the virus, the Ministry of Europe and
Foreign Affairs has no information to
date to corroborate a possible
link between the origin of the coronavirus and the work of the Institute
of Virology in Wuhan," said the ministry when addressing the Senate
earlier this month.
France has supported a resolution brought up by the European Union to
the World Health Assembly in May, which requested the World Health
Organisation (WHO) to continue its work, in close collaboration with the
World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations, to identify the zoonotic source of
the virus and the mechanisms of transmission to the human population,
said the ministry in a letter answering a question by the upper house of
the parliament.
"At this stage, France's priority is to continue the international
fight against the pandemic, and to consolidate multilateralism," it
added.
"With this priority objective, the French Minister for Europe and
Foreign Affairs has talked several times with his Chinese counterpart."
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