Top Chinese diplomat visits Russia
Wang Yi, the director of China’s Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, flew into Russia for a diplomatic meeting on Tuesday.
Wang Yi, the director of China’s Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, flew into Russia for a diplomatic meeting on Tuesday.
On Monday, U.S. President Joe Biden met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a surprise visit to Kyiv. The following day, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the Kremlin would be partially suspending the NEW START nuclear arms treaty.
Chinses Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin accused Washington for “finger pointing” at Beijing fo wanting clearer communication with Moscow.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese diplomats at Munich conference to discuss concerns regarding a possible meeting with Chinese President Xi JinPing and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Biden: The last three Chinese spy balloons were “benign” tied to “private companies, recreation or research institutions.” Their use was most likely for “studying weather or other scientific research.”
Sanctions have been imposed by China against two United States defense companies due to their sales of weapons to Taiwan.
China has warned that unspecific “countermeasures” would be taken against relevant United States entities for downing the “spy balloons.”
Officials at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) have detected another unidentified object.
In retaliation for the Spy balloon that had recently flown over the country, the United States has taken action to blacklist six Chinese businesses on Friday.
According to senior officials in the Biden administration, the Chinese balloon that had flown across the United States, and ultimately shot down over the Atlantic had been operating with surveillance technology.