US Criticism of China Is 'Lies', Foreign Minister Says
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi dismissed US criticism of his country as “lies” on Saturday, shortly after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized its foreign policy and desire for “empire”.
“All these accusations against China are lies, not based on facts,” Wang told the Munich Security Conference. “But if we replace the subject of the lie from China to America, maybe those lies become facts,” he said, Reuters reported.
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, speaking at the conference immediately after Pompeo and before Wang, accused Beijing of a “nefarious strategy” through telecommunications firm Huawei.
