“I don't want to characterize what he said. I don't think that would be appropriate,” Blinken said of a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in an interview with NBC’s 'Meet the Press.' “Although I can tell you, no, there was no apology.”
the balloon as it flew over the U.S. to avoid the possibility of any debris harming anyone on the ground.
“It attempted to surveil very sensitive military sites. In some cases, it loitered or returned to them as it progressed east.” said Blinken. “So there's no doubt in our minds at all that, A: this was a surveillance balloon. And B: it was attempting to engage in active surveillance.” Blinken also added in an interview that aired Sunday with ABC’s"This Week" that the conversation was “very direct.”
“I told Wang Yi, my Chinese counterpart, was unacceptable and must never happen again,” said Blinken. Biden recently defended the shootdown, saying he has"no apologies" for the takedown and that he expects to be speaking with Chinese President Xi Jinping about the balloon.The balloon incident and its aftermath has
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