(CNN) US Assistant Secretary of State David Stilwell summoned China's ambassador in Washington to the State Department Friday morning, hours after a prominent Chinese official suggested that the US military may have been responsible for bringing the coronavirus to Wuhan, the epicenter of the global pandemic. It might be US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan. Chinese ambassador Cui Tiankai was summoned to the State Department shortly after Zhao's comments were posted online. During Friday's meeting, Stilwell gave a very "stern representation" of the facts to the Chinese ambassador, who was "very defensive," a senior State Department official told CNN. Stilwell did not issue any threats, but the two diplomats had a frank diplomatic discourse, the official said.

Source: CNN March 13, 2020 18:45 UTC