The Government of China has confirmed this Monday that the globe detected in Latin Americasimilar to the knocked down artifact on Saturday by US forces over the Atlantic Ocean, is also his, though again he has insisted that it is for “civilian purposes” only.
This second balloon I would have entered “by mistake” in the airspace of several countries, including Colombia, pushed by weather conditions, explained the spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Mao Ning, in statements to the media.
China, has insisted, respects International Law and “It does not represent any threat to any country.” Mao, however, has avoided answering specific questions about the exact reasons for the loss of control of the balloons in such a short period of time: “I am not an expert.”
What the spokesperson has insisted on is classifying as “unacceptable and irresponsible” the decision adopted by the US authorities in response to what Beijing considered an “isolated incident” according to statements collected by the Bloomberg agency.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng has transferred to the US Embassy in China the government’s malaise. China opposes “firmly and forcefully” to the demolition and “reserves the right to take new measures in response”, still to be clarified, reports the official CGTN network.
The Department of Defense of the United States informed this Friday night of the presence of a second balloon Chinese over Latin America and the Colombian Air Force confirmed the sighting over the weekend. The Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the other hand, joined the thesis of China and condemned the demolitionor the first artifact.
Source: Lasexta
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