Washington: The issue of China’s spy balloon passing over the United States has now emerged as a new cause of tension between the two countries. The US Defense Department Pentagon said on Friday night that another Chinese surveillance balloon is passing through Latin America. Pentagon press secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder said that ‘there are reports of another spy balloon passing through Latin America. Our guess is that this is another Chinese spy balloon. There is no more information to give at this time. Earlier, a suspected Chinese spy balloon was tracked flying over America.
This incident was called by Washington a ‘clear violation’ of American sovereignty. Officials said the military leadership had considered shooting down the high-flying Chinese surveillance balloon on Wednesday but urged President Joe Biden to avoid the task because of the security risk posed by its debris. Recommended. There is a lot of resentment in America due to this incident. After which US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stopped his visit to China. Which was expected to start on Friday.
On the other hand, according to the Chinese newspaper Global Times, China said that this is an unexpected incident, which happened due to strong winds. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the phone on Friday night that China does not accept any baseless speculation about it. However, a day after a Chinese spy balloon was found flying over Montana inside the US, a Chinese surveillance balloon was detected passing through Latin America. Because of which US Secretary of State Tony Blinken postponed his visit to Beijing.
