The head of Chinese diplomacy, Wang Yi, denounced Saturday February 18 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
, “said Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference, 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.
“Strong dissatisfaction”
China had expressed its "
strong dissatisfaction
" after the American fighter shot down the aircraft, a simple weather research balloon having drifted unintentionally in American airspace.
"
We urge the United States not to do such absurd things just to divert attention from its domestic problems
," Wang Yi warned.
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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 ignores these facts and uses advanced fighter jets to shoot down a balloon with their missiles, which is, in my opinion, absurd and hysterical”
.
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