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US 'will take care of it,' Biden comments on China spy balloon row

Discovery of high-altitude balloon stirs diplomatic tensions between Beijing and Washington

Burak Dag  | 04.02.2023 - Update : 04.02.2023
US 'will take care of it,' Biden comments on China spy balloon row

ANKARA

In his first comments on a suspected Chinese spy balloon spotted in US airspace, President Joe Biden said on Saturday that his administration "will take care" of it, the CNN reported.

His comments at the airfield in Syracuse, New York come as discovery of the high-altitude balloon stirred diplomatic tensions between Beijing and Washington.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed his planned trip to China following the sighting.

While the US claimed it was a "clear violation" of its sovereignty, China said it was a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes, and regretted the "unintended entry."

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