The first face -to -face contact after the balloon incident was conducted on Saturday (February 18).Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and the director of the Central Foreign Affairs Working Committee, met with US Secretary of State Brills at the Safety Conference Sports Market on the same day and asked the United States to face the damage caused by the abuse of military relations to Sino -US relations; Brinken said that China high -air reconnaissance gas balloon gas balloonEntering the United States is irresponsible and must not happen again.
China ’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a brief statement on the official website on Sunday, saying that Wang Yi requested in the United States and conducted informal contact with Blink.Wang Yi stated that China ’s solemn stance on the balloon incident asked the United States to change the string more, facing up and solving the damage caused by the abuse of force to Sino -US relations.
The US military's suspected spy balls hit China on the shore on the southern Carolina on February 4, which caused nervousness in Sino -US relations.Prior to contact with Brinken, Wang Yi stated toughly for a long time, criticizing the United States with missiles with missile balloons, "incredible, almost hysteria, 100 % abuse of force."
The statement of the US State Department pointed out that when Brinken met with Wang Yi, it was said that the Chinese high -altitude reconnaissance balloons entered the United States to lead the United States.Never happen again.
Blintin revealed in the program broadcast on Sundays on Sunday that Wang Yi did not apologize to the balloon in the United States.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs introduced the contact situation of China and the United States in the name of a spokesman on the same day, saying that Wang Yi warned that if the United States insists on lending the problem, upgrading and expanding the situation, China will be accompanied to the end, and all consequences will be borne by the United States.
Scholars: China and the United States do not want the event to upgrade the balloon storm will end
Zhu Feng, dean of the School of International Relations of Nanjing University, judged in an interview with the United Morning Post. China ’s meeting with informal contact definition of Wang Yi and Brinken was intentionally intended to“ emphasize that the balloon storm has not passed ”.
Chen Gang, assistant director of the East Asia Research Institute of Singapore, also believed in an interview: "This indicates that the atmosphere is not particularly eased, so China is unwilling to raise it to a official talk."
Chen Gang interpreted that China and the United States later declared that the important signal was released, that is, the two countries had no willingness to compromise in the balloon incident, and maintained a relative trend.However, he pointed out that since China has not strongly required the United States to return the balloon fragments, it is believed that the incident will end soon.
Although Wang Yi and Brinken continued their own words on the balloon incident, Chen Gang and Zhu Feng both evaluated that the highest -level diplomatic officials in China and the United States finally chose to meet, indicating that the two sides did not want the incident to continue to endanger Sino -US relations.
Zhu Feng believes that the political distress and emotional confrontation caused by the balloon storm to Sino -US relations should be ended as soon as possible. "I believe it is a very clear voice from this meeting."He expects that the balloon incident may be turned over, and Briggier may also visit China after the "two sessions" in China in March.
On the other hand, Brinken and Wang Yi also talked about the Russian and Ukraine War. He warned China to have serious impact and consequences if he provided material support to Russia, or assisted in avoiding systematic sanctions.Wang Yi emphasized that China -Russia's comprehensive strategic collaboration partnership relationship is based on the basis of not alliance, non -confrontation, or targeting third parties. China has never accepted the United States' fingering to China -Russia relations and even coercion.
Brinken said in the NBC program that the United States is very worried that China is considering providing "fatal support" to Russia with weapons.
Chen Gang analyzed that the Russian and Ukraine War has now entered a critical stage, and there are some signs of decisive battles on the battlefield.Brinton's latest warning is to hope that Beijing will not give Moscow's large -scale material support at a critical moment, which will have an important impact on reversing the war.
