The Chinese Foreign Ministry buffooned efforts to sue the country’s government and ruling Communist Party over the coronavirus, stating health authorities have actually been upcoming with information of the disease throughout the crisis.
Spokesman Geng Shuang stated the U.S. has “unconfined gain access to” to information about COVID-19, and said China has been applauded by the worldwide community for its action to the disease, which started in Wuhan.
” This kind of suit has no factual or legal basis. It only invites ridicule,” the spokesman told press reporters, in remarks offered by the embassy in Washington.
Missouri filed a claim previously this week demanding payment of billions of dollars the state said it’s lost due to the coronavirus. The state called the Chinese Communist Party as an accused, in order to get around the idea of sovereign immunity.
Other lawsuits are also in the works, and members of Congress have proposed legislation to strip China of sovereign immunity in this case. A similar move was made several years back providing Americans the right to take legal action against Saudi Arabia over allegations of participation in the 2001 terrorist attacks.
But Mr. Geng stated Missouri’s claim was “pointless litigation which defies the fundamental theory of the law,” and said U.S. courts can not touch the Chinese federal government.
” Such unimportant litigation will not assist the US with its epidemic action, nor will it add to the global cooperation in this regard,” he stated. “The ideal strategy for the US side is to dismiss this violent lawsuit.”
