The United States threatens to abandon the WHO forever.
Claiming that the World Health Organization (WHO) is not transparent about how the coronavirus outbreak began, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatened to abandon the multilateral organization forever.
247 - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Washington will not only stop funding the World Health Organization (WHO), but also wants to change the organization's leadership, while evaluating the possibility of abandoning it.
"I think it's the right thing to do," Pompeo said in an interview with Fox Channel, responding to host Laura Ingraham's suggestion of demanding the resignation of WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
"Or more than that. The US may never return to normal. We may need an even bolder change than that," he added.
In particular, he criticized the WHO for allegedly failing to stop Beijing from concealing information about the origin of the coronavirus, a disease that Pompeo said originated in a Chinese laboratory.
"It is the responsibility of the World Health Organization to achieve this transparency. They are not doing it. They must be held accountable," Pompeo stated.
Information from Russia Today.