Diplomatic crisis caused by a Chinese balloon
US “Bloomberg” agency reported that US President Joe Biden’s administration decided to postpone US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s visit to Beijing, against the backdrop of monitoring a Chinese balloon within US airspace.
And the US Department of Defense had announced that it was tracking a Chinese spy balloon, and at the request of US President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and senior military officials discussed shooting down the balloon, but ultimately decided that this could endanger many people on the ground, according to what she said. Media about an official in the Ministry of Defense.
According to Agence France-Presse, the balloon flew over the northwest of the United States, where there are sensitive air bases and strategic missiles in underground bunkers.
This comes at a time when the Chinese Foreign Ministry called on the United States to “desist and stop speculation and allegations about the flight of a” Chinese reconnaissance balloon “in the skies of the United States.
