Russia slammed US President Donald Trump’s freeze on funding for the World Health Organization as a ‘selfish’ response to the global coronavirus pandemic. “We see yesterday’s announcement by Washington on freezing funding of the WHO as most concerning,” deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov told state news agency TASS. “It is ...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has cautioned other countries against politicising the coronavirus pandemic and the actions of the World Health Organisation (WHO) during an online press conference. The minister added the data on the WHO’s operations shows that the global health body has acted efficiently in fighting the coronavirus ...
