China says ‘open` to intl. efforts to identify coronavirus source: FM
(WorldNews Asia)

China says it is `open` to international cooperation to identify the accurate source of the new coronavirus, emphasizing that any investigation must be `free of political interference`. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the comments at a press conference on the sidelines of an annual parliament meeting on Sunday, following the United States and Australia`s call for a probe into the origins of the novel coronavirus pandemic. `China is open to working with the international scientific community to look into the source of the virus,` Wang said. `At the same time, we believe that this should be professional, fair and constructive,` he added. `Fairness means the process be free of political...