DISINFO: US funded laboratories in Armenia have a military purpose and...
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: armtimes.com (archived)*
  • Date of publication: June 15, 2017
  • Outlet language(s): Armenian
  • Reported in: Issue 73
  • Countries / regions discussed: Armenia, US
Tags:
Biological weapons

DISINFO: US funded laboratories in Armenia have a military purpose and...

SUMMARY

US funded laboratories in Armenia have a military purpose and are dangerous for Armenia since biological weapons may be produced there.

RESPONSE

Reoccuring disinformation. The laboratories are funded by the “Threat Reduction Agency” of the US Department of Defense. One of the aims of the agency created in1991 is prevention of spread of biological weapons and hazards. The agency has been cooperating with Armenian authorities since the year 2000 when the Armenian and US governments signed the Agreement on Cooperation in the Area of Counterproliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.bit.ly/2tnt8oZ,

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