Munich, Germany (EFE) outside China, that it was something “unacceptable”.
Wang, director of the Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Foreign Affairs Commission, reiterated that the balloon shot down by the United States after the object flew over part of the United States territory had no crew, was a civilian aircraft and had no possibilities. to be directed at a distance.
The Chinese “spy” balloon was located in late January in US airspace and was shot down over Atlantic waters on February 4. It had been flying over several areas of the country for days, such as the state of Montana (northwest), where one of the three existing nuclear missile silo fields in the United States is located.
Wang said in a debate at the Security Conference in Munich (southern Germany) that “there are countless balloons around the world, shooting them all down is impossible” and considered that the decision to fire at the device “does not show the strength of the United States , on the contrary”.
He also called on the US authorities to “move away” from these “absurd actions” and demanded “sincerity” from the US government, as well as recognizing the negative consequences that this type of action can have on bilateral relations.
He commented that the decision to shoot down the Chinese balloon was a “strategic assessment error” and reiterated that Beijing is interested in maintaining bilateral relations with the United States based on “mutual respect and peaceful coexistence.”
Beijing has insisted in recent days that the balloon entered US airspace by mistakenly deviating from its trajectory, saying it was used for meteorological purposes, not espionage.
In addition to the “spy” balloon, the United States has shot down three other flying objects in its territory and Canada in the last week, the origin of which is being investigated by US and Canadian authorities.
However, the discovery of the “spy balloons” has revived tensions and led to the suspension of a trip to China that Secretary of State Antony Blinken was planning to make.
US concludes search for flying object debris in Alaska and Michigan
The United States concludes the search work to find remains of the two aerial objects that were shot down after flying over the states of Alaska and Michigan on February 10 and 12.
The decision comes after carrying out a “systematic search”, using a “variety of capabilities” with air and surface sensors, which has not provided new results, reported the North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) and the US Northern Command. .UU. (Usnorthcom) in a statement on Friday.
Both institutions detailed that the tracking activities for the recovery of the remains of the flying objects were carried out jointly by the US military with different federal agencies and together with their Canadian partners.