After the Chinese “spy” balloon was shot down by an American fighter plane, Beijing denounces the “hysterical” reaction of the United States.
By AFP
Ihe head of Chinese diplomacy, Wang Yi, denounced on Saturday in Munich the “absurd and hysterical reaction” of the United States, which shot down a Chinese balloon with a fighter plane.
“There are a lot of balloons in the sky, from different countries. Do you want to shoot down all of them? This does not show that America is strong”, judged during the Munich Security Conference Wang Yi, assuring that the balloon shot down in the American sky was for “civilian” use.
For Wang Yi, “it is a 100% abuse of the use of force, it is a violation of international customary practice, in particular the Chicago Convention on Civil Aviation”, which dates from 1944.
This aircraft, which Washington has accused of spying, was shot down on February 4 by an American fighter plane.
China had expressed its “strong displeasure” after the American fighter shot down the aircraft, a simple weather research balloon having drifted unintentionally in American airspace.
“Don’t do such absurd things”
“We urge the United States not to do such absurd things just to divert attention from its domestic problems,” Wang Yi said.
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“We have asked the United States to handle this situation in a calm and professional manner,” he said. “Unfortunately, the United States is ignoring these facts and using advanced fighter jets to shoot down a balloon with their missiles, which to me is absurd and hysterical.”
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