Chinese Ambassador to France Lou Chaie said the United States should return the wreckage of the Chinese balloon they shot down. The diplomat noted that the balloon is the property of China.
In his opinion, if Washington does not want to return the wreckage, this “demonstrates its dishonesty.” “If you pick up something on the street, you must return it to the owner if you know who the owner is,” Mr. Chaillet said in an interview with the French channel LCI (quoted from Bloomberg).
On February 3, the Pentagon announced that a reconnaissance balloon belonging to China was spotted in the sky over the United States. Because of this, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken postponed his visit to China. The Chinese authorities claim that it was a weather balloon that deviated from the course. It was shot down at the behest of US President Joe Biden on February 4th. China said the incident was detrimental to the stabilization of bilateral relations, and also rejected the US request for a conversation between the heads of military departments.
Details – in the material “Kommersant” “The balloon fell on Joe Biden.”