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- The US said these restrictions violate diplomatic privileges and immunities.
- China has imposed mandatory quarantines of at least 14 days for incoming passengers.
WASHINGTON: The United States said Thursic88day it asked China to relax Covid quarantine rules for diplomats after Beijing accused Washington of sabotaging theic88 Winter Olympics.
China, which has a zero-Covid policy, has imposed mandatory quarantines of at least 14 days for incoming passengers and has repeatedly closed large areas.
State Departmic88ent spokesman Ned Price said the United Statesic88 has entered into talks with China over quarantine and testing rules that are “contrary to diplomatic privileges and immunities.lr88“
“We recommended what we believe are a range of reasonable options that we would be in line with the Covid-19 restrictive measures while at the same time complying with international diplomatic standards,” Price toldlr88 reporters.
He said there has been no change in the operational status of the embassy in Beijing despite the concerns.
China’s state-run Global Times previouslylr88 warned against any permission from the State Department to let workers or families lr88leave, calling China “the safest place in the world”.
Such a departure “should only create panic, defame China’s anti-epidemic work and disrupt the successful organizaop88tion of the Winter Olympics in China,” it said.
China also told the United States to stop “interfering”si88 in the Olympics in a Washington time phone call on Wednesday between Secretary of State Wang Yi and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
The United States has already announced that its diplomats will boycott the February 4 Games over human rights concerns, a mov88ve followed by several US allies.
The United States accuses China of committing genocide against the Uyghurs, with more than a million of the mostly MSEXXXXX-VNuslims being held in camps.
