According to officials cited by US media, US Secretary of State Brills does not want to completely cancel the trip to China to avoid excessive response, but also does not want the "spy balloon" to dominate his talks with Chinese officials.EssenceBollinger originally held a meeting in Beijing early next week. This is the first time that senior US diplomats have visited China in five years.
(Washington Composite Electric) According to the news of the two US officials, the Bayeng government found that a Chinese monitoring balloon appeared over the sensitive nuclear facilities of Montana, and has decided to postpone the original visit to China.OK.
Brin Kenkee was originally held in Beijing early next week. This is the first visit to China for senior US diplomats in the past five years.People familiar with the names who are unwilling to disclose that officials are worried that access to access will send an error signal as scheduled.
ABC News reported earlier that the US officials quoted US officials that Brins did not want to completely cancel the itinerary to avoid overwhelming reaction, but did not want the "spy balloon" to dominate his talks with Chinese officials.Bloomberg News also reported that Blint's trip to Beijing will be postponed.
The White House and the State Council did not comment before the draft last night.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China said on Friday night that the airship from China is a civilian nature, which is used for scientific research such as meteorology, and expressed regrets on the balloon by mistake in the United States.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement: "Affected by the western band and its own control capacity is limited, the airship is seriously deviated from the scheduled route. China regrets that the airship has falsely entered the United States due to force majeure.This time due to force majeure accidents. "
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said earlier on the same day that before the facts were clear, guessing and hype were not conducive to solving the problem, and it was stated that they hope that the two parties can calmly and cautiously handle the incident.
The US Department of Defense officials revealed on Thursday that the spy balloon entered the United States a few days ago, but the US intelligence department has been tracking before.Balloon Flying to the northwest of the United States, there are US Air Force bases and strategic nuclear missiles.
The United States believes that the intelligence collection is limited
An anonymous official said that after the spy ball entered the country, the United States sent military aircraft to observe.U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin and senior military officials, at the request of President Biden, considered shooting this balloon over Montana, and later worried that it would endanger many people on the ground and dispel the thoughts.
Ryde, a spokesman for the Pentagon of the United States, said: "The balloon is far higher than the high degree of civil aviation traffic, and it does not constitute a military or personal threat to people on the ground."
It is understood that the US Department of Defense believes that "from the perspective of intelligence collection", the "added value of spy ball balloons is limited", but they have negotiated to the Chinese side through diplomatic channels.A official said, "We have conveyed to them, we treat this as a serious event."
Rubyo, a Republican leader of the American Senate Intelligence Committee, said that the foundation of spy balls was worrying, but he was not surprised.He said on Twitter: "In the past five years, Beijing’ s spy activities on the United States have increased and more darkened. "
The Speaker of the House of Representatives McCarthy pointed out: "China blatantly ignores US sovereignty. This is a behavior that destroys stability and must be returned. President Bayeng cannot stay silent."
McCarthy said he would ask for a "Gang of Eight" briefing; this is the Guoan confidential briefing held for the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Congress and the Intelligence Commission.
The Chinese spy balloon also flew over the United States in the past, but this time seemed to stay for a long time.
The Canadian Ministry of Defense revealed on Thursday that a high -spy spy balloon was also found in the territory, and it was working with the United States to follow this "potential second incident".Canada shows that all necessary measures will be taken to protect Canadian sensitive information from threats from foreign intelligence.
