China denounces U.S. attack on Chinese civilian airship
2023-02-06 09:07:52 source：CGTN
February 5, 2023
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Sunday expressed its strong dissatisfaction and protest over the use of force by the U.S. side to attack the Chinese civilian unmanned airship.
A U.S. military fighter jet shot down the airship off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday.
China has repeatedly informed the U.S. side, after verification, that the airship is civilian in nature and entered the U.S. airspace due to force majeure and it was completely an accident, the foreign ministry said in a statement, requesting that the U.S. side handle the situation in a calm, professional and restrained manner.
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