China has refused to let US Secretary of State Antony Blinken go to Beijing over considerations that the FBI will launch the outcomes of an investigation into the downed suspected Chinese spy balloon, Financial Times reported on Saturday citing sources.
China instructed the United States it wasn’t ready to reschedule a visit that Blinken had canceled again in February whereas it stays unclear what US President Joe Biden’s administration would do with the report, the newspaper stated citing 4 folks accustomed to the negotiations.
Earlier this week, Blinken stated that he would pursue a go to to China when the circumstances are proper. He additionally added that the purpose is to not include China or interact in a brand new Cold War.
Earlier this month, the Pentagon stated it couldn’t affirm stories {that a} Chinese spy balloon had been in a position to transmit intelligence in actual time again to China because it flew over delicate army websites within the United States earlier this yr, including that US evaluation was nonetheless ongoing.
China’s suspected surveillance balloon first handed into US airspace north of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands on Jan. 28
The balloon spent per week flying over the United States and Canada earlier than the US army shot it down off the Atlantic Coast on Biden’s orders. —Reuters
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
