US official: After the balloon incident, Biden wanted to talk to Xi Jinping but was di

(Washington Comprehensive News) Senior U.S. government officials revealed that a few days after the US military shot down the Chinese balloon in February this year, President Biden wanted to speak with Chinese officials, but was discouraged by senior national security consultants.

The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) on Thursday (June 16) quoted two senior US government officials and a former US senior official that Biden even publicly stated that he hopes to speak with Chinese officials.Biden believes that if you have the opportunity to talk directly with Chinese officials and calm down, he can use his relationship with Chinese officials to ease the tension between the two countries to further upgrade.

However, these officials said that Biden's consultant explained to him that it was not a suitable time for the dialogue between the two leaders at the time.Essence

Biden's consultant also told him that China was very angry about the decision to shoot down the balloon by the United States, and there would be no results even if they could talk to Chinese officials.

NBC quoted one of the American officials who said that the goal was not to let Bayon and Chinese official talk, but to return Sino -US relations to the right track.

Another U.S. officials said that it was advised not to call the official Chinese official consideration, "Don't let Bayon look like a conversation."

In early February of this year, Biden ordered the military to shoot down a giant Chinese balloon that drifted over the United States for many days.Washington claims that China tries to use the balloon to reconnaissance with the strategic point of the United States, and Beijing insists that this is a meteorological balloon.

Balloon incident, Sino -US relations have been highly tense, and US Secretary of State Brills also canceled its visit to China in early February.

Bynden said on February 16th that he said that he hoped to talk to Chinese officials and check the balloon incident.The NBC reported that the resistance of Biden's government explained why four months after he said this, China and the United States did not speak for the first time.

China and the United States have gradually resumed high -level contact since May, and Brinken will visit China on Sunday and Monday.He said before departure that the visit to China aims to ensure that the competition between the two countries will not evolve into a public conflict.