The US President has also indicated that he wants to speak to President Xi Jinping.
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 2/16/2023 at 7:31 PM, updated 2/16/2023 at 8:40 PM
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U.S. President Joe Biden during a brief televised address at the White House in Washington, U.S. February 16, 2023. KEVIN LAMARQUE/ Portal
Joe Biden said Thursday, February 16, that he would issue orders to “shoot down” any airborne object that threatens the security of the United States. “If a (flying) object poses a threat to the security of Americans, I will bring it down,” the US president said in a televised address, his first since the US shot down a Chinese balloon and three unnamed flying objects into the sky North America.
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The American President plans to speak to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, but will not apologize for shooting down a Chinese balloon that entered United States airspace. “We don’t want a new Cold War” and “will continue to talk to China,” he said. “I hope I can speak to President Xi and get to the bottom of this matter, but I don’t apologize for crashing that balloon,” he added.
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