Key takeaways:
- The U.S. and China had their first high-level contact since the U.S. shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon two weeks ago.
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken made it clear that the PRC’s high-altitude surveillance balloon program must not happen again.
- The meeting between Blinken and Wang Yi was an important step in the U.S.-China relationship, and the U.S. has made it clear that it will not tolerate any violations of its sovereignty.
The United States and China had their first high-level contact since the U.S. shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon two weeks ago. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Saturday at an international security conference in Munich.
State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement that Blinken “made clear the United States will not stand for any violation of our sovereignty, and that the PRC’s high-altitude surveillance balloon program — which has intruded into U.S. airspace — must not happen again.”
Blinken tweeted that he “condemned the incursion of the PRC surveillance balloon and stressed it must never happen again.” In an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Blinken said that Wang Yi offered “no apology” for the incident.
“But what I can also tell you is this was an opportunity to speak very clearly and very directly about the fact that China sent a surveillance balloon over our territory, violating our sovereignty, violating international law,” Blinken said.
The meeting between Blinken and Wang Yi was an important step in the U.S.-China relationship, and the U.S. has made it clear that it will not tolerate any violations of its sovereignty. The U.S. and China will continue to work together to ensure that similar incidents do not occur in the future.
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