(Dan Tri) – While the US wants to include the phrase `Wuhan virus` in the G7 joint statement, the remaining members do not support this term.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (Photo: AFP)
G7 foreign ministers were unable to issue a joint statement after a video conference on March 25 because US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wanted the joint statement to refer to Covid-19 by calling it `Wuhan virus`.
However, this draft joint statement from the US side did not receive support from representatives of member countries.
Due to disagreement over how to call the virus that causes Covid-19, G7 foreign ministers were unable to issue a joint statement after yesterday’s meeting, leading to some member countries issuing separate statements.
A statement by the French government referred to the disease pandemic spreading in nearly 200 countries and territories around the world today as the `Covid-19 pandemic`.
Answering the media’s question about whether the US proposed calling the virus that causes Covid-19 the `Wuhan virus`, Secretary of State Pompeo did not deny.
Previously, US President Donald Trump and some other US officials also used the term `Chinese virus`.
The Covid-19 epidemic started in Wuhan, China at the end of 2019 and has now spread to nearly 200 countries and territories around the world.
US and Chinese officials have repeatedly `warned` about the origin of the virus that causes Covid-19.
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