General Of Russia Says The United States Is Increasing Its Biological Weapons Program In The African Continent

USAMRID facility in Fort Detrick Maryland United States. (Wikimedia Commons/USG)

JAKARTA - Deputy Head of Russia's Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Forces Major General Aleksey Rtishchev said at a Tuesday briefing that documents available to Russia's Ministry of Defense showed the United States was increasing the presence of its biological weapons program on the African continent.

"The documents we have confirm the presence of US biological weapons on the African continent is growing rapidly. US Department of Defense research institutes are actively working in the region," the official said.

He further explained that the branches of the US National Naval Military Center were stationed in Ghana and Djibouti, where active work is carried out in the focus of natural illness, isolation and sequencing pathogens.

Meanwhile, the US Army Military Medical Center in Kenya has deployed a network of field stations to monitor the spread of infectious diseases in Equatorial Africa.

Meanwhile, in Nigeria, a joint medical research center and military medical laboratory of the republic's armed forces have been established in 2024, with 10 specialists from the US Department of Defense who are permanent staff, he said.

It said the Pentagon used relevant infrastructure and potential from African countries to conduct military-biological research.

US Government customers are Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), National Security Agency, and US State Department. The main consumers of the research are the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center," he said.

"At the same time, the United States did not disclose the ultimate goal of the experiment to partners, who were often unaware of the risks associated with the implementation of the US program," the Russian general said.