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Second spy balloon spotted over Latin America, says Pentagon, as Blinken postpones China trip

Secretary of state calls the incident in US airspace a ‘clear violation of US sovereignty
and international law’

'A second Chinese spy balloon was reportedly flying over Latin America, according to the Pentagon, in comments
that came as the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, postponed a visit to China after the intrusion of a separate
high-altitude Chinese balloon into US airspace.



“We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America,” Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder said, a day after
the first craft was spotted over US skies. “We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon.” The Pentagon
did not specify the balloon’s exact location, but a US official told CNN it did not appear to be currently heading
towards the US.

In South Korea on Friday, Blinken said he had spoken with Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat, and “made clear that the
presence of this surveillance balloon in US airspace is a clear violation of US sovereignty and international law”.
A balloon, believed to be a Chinese spy balloon, flies in the sky over Billings, Montana, on 1 February 2023 in this
picture obtained from social media.

Blinken said, however, that he had told Wang that “the United States is committed to diplomatic engagement with
China and that I plan to visit Beijing when conditions allow”. “The first step is getting the surveillance asset out of
our airspace. That’s what we’re focused on,” he told reporters.

Channels of communication remained open between the two countries, a state department spokesperson said,
stressing that the trip had only been postponed and not cancelled. Blinken would have been the first US secretary
of state to visit China since October 2018, signalling a thaw after a period of friction under former president Donald
Trump. Last month, Blinken said he would use the trip to help establish “guardrails” to prevent the relationship from
escalating into all-out conflict...'

The Guardian:

Some suggest the mysterious balloon is actually this.