WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 a visit to China in the coming days due to the spy balloon situation, ABC News reports.
Earlier, a Pentagon spokesman said that a reconnaissance balloon was spotted over the United States. The military believes that it belongs to China, President Joe Biden has been informed about the situation, Washington has also contacted Beijing. They did not dare to shoot down the balloon because of the risk to civilians, the object in the air is not dangerous, the Pentagon noted. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning urged not to speculate on the topic of «Chinese spy balloon». The Foreign Ministry said that the balloon seriously deviated from the route due to the wind, Beijing regrets that it was over the United States. on an unnamed official.
The channel's source said that Blinken does not want to cancel the visit so as not to «inflate» the situation, but also does not want the topic of the balloon to dominate the upcoming negotiations.
Agency «Bloomberg» previously reported that the administration is only looking into postponing or canceling Blinken's visit.