Wang Yi, present at the Munich Security Conference, denounced “100% abuse of the use of force”.
By Le Figaro with AFP
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The head of Chinese diplomacy, Wang Yi, denounced Saturday, February 18 in Munich the “absurd and hysterical reactionfrom the United States, which shot down a Chinese balloon with a fighter jet. “There are many balloons in the sky, from different countries. Do you want to shoot down all 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 of use “civil».
Pour Wang Yi, «it is 100% abuse of the use of force, it is a violation of international customary practice, in particular the Chicago Convention on Civil Aviation”, which dates from 1944. This aircraft, which Washington has accused of espionage, was shot down on February 4 by an American fighter plane.
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“Strong dissatisfaction”
China had expressed itsstrong dissatisfactionafter the American fighter shot down the aircraft, a simple weather research balloon having unintentionally drifted into American airspace. “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.
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«We have asked the United States to handle this situation calmly and professionally.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».
