« The shooting down of the spy balloon was a clear signal to China, but we don't want conflict with Beijing. I will continue to talk to President Xi ». Joe Biden said this in the White House, reiterating however that he " does not want to apologize " for having ordered the destruction of the Chinese spy balloon.

The American president also spoke of three other flying objects shot down last week: " We still don't know what they are but at the moment nothing suggests that they are linked to China ".

Biden ordered them shot down "because they represented a risk to air traffic".

The US president also said that he will give the order to shoot down "any flying object that represents a risk to the United States" and that his administration is working "to establish new parameters for the identification of flying objects".

(Unioneonline/L)

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