The US Secretary of State met and talked with Beijing's top diplomat on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference

Iran PressEurope: The american media reported on February 4 that the US military shot down a Chinese balloon. The United States claimed that this balloon was a reconnaissance and gathering information type, while China denied this claim and said that the balloon was for weather research and accidentally entered the American airspace.

This was Blinken's first meeting with a senior Chinese official following the downing of the Chinese intelligence balloon.

Anthony Blinken, in this conversation, said that he condemned the flight of the Chinese intelligence balloon over the airspace of the United States and emphasized that it should never happen again.

The US foreign minister added that he has also warned China about the consequences of support to Russia in the Ukraine war and has also emphasized that the lines of communication between Washington and Beijing are open. 219