The Trump admin. is pushing the U.N. Security Council to call attention to the Chinese origins of the coronavirus, 4 diplomats posted to the United Nations tell NBCNews.
France, a permanent member of the council, proposed a version demanding a"general and immediate cessation of hostilities in all countries," including a 30-day humanitarian pause in conflicts, to allow coronavirus-related supplies to flow, according to a text reviewed by NBC News.
Those demands have hit a wall with China, a veto-wielding member of the Security Council, whose diplomats accused the U.S. of"irresponsible practices" in a blistering email to other nations' diplomats this week obtained by NBC News. The U.S. mission didn't respond to a request for comment. But a senior Trump administration official said a key element of Trump's effort to address coronavirus is to convene global experts"to better understand the coronavirus."
Russia's mission to the U.N. didn't respond to a request for comment. But on Tuesday, the Russians dropped their insistence on in-person meetings, several diplomats said. The shift came the same day that Russian President Vladimir Putin, wearing a full protective suit and a respirator as he visited a hospital, was told by Moscow's mayor that Russia has significantly more coronavirus patients than its official tally shows.
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