DISINFO: Pentagon's biological warfare bases in Armenia have become testing grounds
SUMMARY
Protests against Pentagon biological warfare bases in Armenia at the US Embassy in Armenia. People demand the closure of biological laboratories because dubious experiments are being carried out on in Armenia and they pose a threat.
There should be no Pentagon biological warfare bases in Armenia. Deadly US military biological laboratories pose a threat to Armenia. Biolabs have become testing grounds. 13 laboratories operating in Armenia must be withdrawn from the country.
Suspicious actions are being carried out in Armenia, and if investigated, it may be established that they violate the provisions of the Biological Weapons Convention.
RESPONSE
There is no evidence of the Pentagon conducting secret bioweapons experiments in Armenia. This is a variant of a recurring disinformation narrative accusing the US of developing biological weapons and operating military biological research laboratories around the world.
The claim is an attempt to advance the long-discredited pro-Kremlin narrative about US-funded biolaboratories with military purposes in countries around the world, which pro-Kremlin outlets and Russian authorities continue promoting despite repeated debunking.
Claims about US military biolaboratories are part of a years-long disinformation campaign and have been debunked over and over again.
Specific allegations have been refuted by multiple experts, including by the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu and by Russian biologists who examined Moscow’s “proof”.
There are no US biological warfare laboratories in Georgia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, or Armenia. These countries are cooperating with the US Department of Defence's Biological Threat Reduction Programme (BTRP): the goal of the BTRP is to safeguard global health by preventing and containing the outbreak of infectious diseases and establishing high international standards in biological security.
The National Centre for Disease Control and Prevention of Armenia is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia. The laboratories are not American, they belong exclusively to the Republic of Armenia. No other state or state structure has an impact on its activities or governance. For further debunking read here.
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