WASHINGTON Feb 3 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken made his own decision Postponing a visit to China due to the situation with the balloon loitering over the United States, President Joe Biden agreed with him, said White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre.
«The President agreed with the Secretary of State's decision not to travel,» Jean-Pierre told reporters.
The conversation was broadcast by the website of the White House.
According to her, there is a consensus in the administration that the trip now would be inappropriate.
As reported, Blinken postponed his visit to China, which was supposed to start on Friday evening, after the discovery of an unknown balloon in the US sky.
A representative of the Pentagon said earlier that a reconnaissance balloon was noticed over the United States. He flew in from the Aleutian Islands through the territory of Canada and reached the state of Montana. The balloon's movements are tracked by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). The US military believes that the ball belongs to China.