Ball shot down: the head of Chinese diplomacy denounces the “hysterical” reaction of the United States

“There are a lot of balloons in the sky, from different countries. Do you want to shoot down every one of them? It doesn’t show that America is strong”judged at the Munich Security Conference Wang Yi, assuring that the balloon shot down in the American sky was for “civilian” use.

Pour Wang Yi, “It’s 100% abuse of the use of forceit is a violation of customary international practice, in particular the Chicago Convention on Civil Aviation”which dates from 1944.

This aircraft, which Washington has accused of spying, was shot down on February 4 by an American fighter plane.

China had expressed its “strong dissatisfaction” after the American fighter shot down the aircraft, a simple weather research balloon having drifted involuntarily in American airspace according to it.

“We urge the United States not to do such absurd things just to divert attention from its domestic problems.”a mis en garde Wang Yi.

“We have asked the United States to handle this situation in a calm and professional manner”he estimated. “Unfortunately, the United States ignores these facts and uses state-of-the-art fighter jets to shoot down a balloon with their missiles, which is, in my opinion, absurd and hysterical”.