At Munich meeting, Blinken tells Wang Yi balloon incident ‘must never again occur’

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At Munich meeting, Antony Blinken tells Wang Yi balloon incident ‘must never again occur’

• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also warned China’s top envoy Wang Yi about consequences of providing material support to Russia in Ukraine war
  
• Wang expressed Beijing’s ‘solemn position’ on the balloon incident during the talks
  

enior US and China envoys met Saturday on the sidelines of a European security conference, the first high-ranking in-person talks by the two sides since a Chinese surveillance balloon transited into American airspace, with Washington telling Beijing “this irresponsible act must never again occur.”

The highly anticipated meeting between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi took place on the sidelines of Germany’s annual Munich Security Conference, which began on Friday and runs through Sunday. The balloon incident has undercut already fragile ties between the two powers.

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