Amiran Gamkrelidze – Russia continues disseminating misinformation about Lugar Center
Amiran Gamkrelidze – Russia continues disseminating misinformation about Lugar Center

Russia continues disseminating misinformation about activities of Richard Lugar Center – Amiran Gamkrelidze, Head of National Center of Diseases Control stated.

According to Gamkrelidze, the flow of falsehood aims at putting the activities of the center, equipped with modern technologies, at shade.

He explained that the center, established in 2013, represents a high-level referral institution of laboratory network of epidemiology control of transmitted diseases subordinated to Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs.

The center was built within the framework of the agreement concluded between the Georgian and US governments. Three virus laboratories are accredited by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Georgian scientists have tight contacts with their colleagues from US, Germany, Norway, France, Great Britain, and neighbor countries.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported on October 4 that the US Lugar Laboratory was conducting experiments on people living in Georgia.