Russia criticized Trump's threat to withdraw the United States from the WHO and oppose any acts of undermining the organization.

"There are opportunities to improve the organization and, like before, we are ready to play an active role in this work," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov mentioned World Health Organization (WHO).

"However, we oppose sabotage of everything for the political or geopolitical interests of a country, I mean the United States, or a group of US-led nations. We also oppose the politicization of all

The comments of Russian officials came after US President Donald Trump accused WHO of ruining the global response to Covid-19 and called it "China's puppet".

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lian Jian said Trump's letter was intended to smear China's anti-Covid-19 effort and accused Washington of seeking to turn Beijing "into a topic to shirk responsibility."

At today's World Health Assembly meeting, WHO member states unanimously passed a resolution calling for a "fair, independent and comprehensive" assessment of the international response and WHO to