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Ministry of foreign Affairs of Georgia on Wednesday responded to the statement, the Russian foreign Ministry about the unavailability of the Georgian and American sides to allow Russian officials to check the management of medical research, US army — Georgia, acting in BioLAB behalf of U.S. Senator Richard Lugar.

“a matter of concern — Washington does not explain what he was doing in the immediate proximity of Russian borders”, — said in a statement the Russian foreign Ministry. About the same on Tuesday during a video conference with their counterparts from countries of the Organization of the collective security Treaty, said Russian foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

the statement of the Georgian diplomatic Agency says: may 26, when Georgia celebrated the main national holiday, independence Day, and received congratulations from around the world Russia “has published another false statement” regarding activities “at the scientific center of public health, and Richard Lugar”.

According to Tbilisi, the us military “did not play any role in planning the work of the laboratory or research”.

However, the Georgian foreign Ministry expresses its willingness to accept Russian experts for validation of the object, but not in the bilateral format, as required by Moscow, but only in the framework of the Convention on the prohibition of biological and toxin weapons Convention (BTWC), that is, with the participation of Western experts.

Finally, the Georgian foreign Ministry appealed to the States parties of the BTWC with an appeal “to give the corresponding assessment to the aggressive statements by official bodies of Russia and to condemn the gross misinformation” in relation to laboratory named Lugar.

the head of the National centre of disease control, which includes the laboratory name Lugar, explained the statement, the Russian foreign Ministry that Russia is dissatisfied with the ability of Georgia to conduct their own tests for coronavirus in the laboratory, “and not to send samples to Moscow,” as during the Soviet Union.

on 7 may, the Deputy assistant Secretary of state for Europe and Eurasia George Kent called false statements about the possible development of biological weapons in biological laboratory Lugar.

Georgy Dvali, Tbilisi