Antony Blinken

Blinken and Wang Yi, the Chinese Communist Party's most senior foreign policy official, held the hourlong talks in Munich, where they were attending an ...

Wang, the director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, repeated that insistence in a speech at the conference and accused the U.S. is big and strong, but describe the exact opposite,” Wang said. Blinken also told Wang that the U.S. Blinken "underscored the importance of maintaining diplomatic dialogue and open lines of communication at all times.” “I warned China against providing materiel support to Russia,” Blinken said in a tweet. A meeting at the conference in Germany had been widely anticipated.

America's top diplomat was met China's foreign minister Wang Yi at a global security conference in Munich during a time of strained relations between the ...

[Ukraine](https://news.sky.com/topic/ukraine-6556). [Russia](https://news.sky.com/topic/russia-5803) and that he made clear to Mr Wang that "would have serious consequences in our relationship". [US warns China 'spy balloon' incident must 'never happen again'](https://news.sky.com/story/us-warns-china-that-spy-balloon-incident-must-never-happen-again-12814696) [Spy balloons: A timeline of what has been shot down](https://news.sky.com/story/spy-balloons-and-flying-objects-a-timeline-of-what-and-where-fighter-jets-have-shot-down-unidentified-aircraft-so-far-this-month-12809979) [China has 'high-altitude balloon programme linked to army'](https://news.sky.com/story/china-has-high-altitude-balloon-programme-linked-to-army-white-house-says-12810391) [Chinese spy balloon](https://news.sky.com/story/us-shoots-down-chinese-spy-balloon-china-calls-it-obvious-overreaction-12803499). [Munich](https://news.sky.com/story/rishi-sunak-to-join-world-leaders-in-munich-for-conference-on-international-security-12811109). [China](https://news.sky.com/topic/china-5869) flew a spy balloon over the continental US before American fighter jets shot it down.

Blinken met China's top diplomat Wang Yi amid rising tensions between the world's biggest economies around the Chinese 'spy balloon' saga.

[put a “floor” under its relations](https://www.asiafinancial.com/us-and-china-keen-for-talks-to-cool-spy-balloons-tension) with China. It’s clear there is almost no trust between the two sides,” Singleton said. That was just hours after Yi [scolded Washington](https://www.asiafinancial.com/china-swipes-at-hysterical-us-dampening-dialogue-hopes) as “hysterical” for shooting down the suspected spy balloon. [“no limits” partnership](https://www.asiafinancial.com/russia-and-china-announce-broad-new-partnership-to-counter-us-on-key-issues) last February shortly before Russian forces invaded Ukraine. China has refrained from condemning the war or calling it an “invasion.” Ties between the two had [hit a dangerous low](https://www.asiafinancial.com/china-imposes-sanctions-on-pelosi-and-family-cnbc) in August following then-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s [visit to Taiwan](https://www.asiafinancial.com/asian-markets-fall-as-us-china-tensions-rise-over-pelosi-trip). The spy balloon incident further complicated already frayed relations between the two superpowers. [Questions had swirled](https://www.asiafinancial.com/us-rejects-chinas-balloon-claim-as-diplomats-consider-talks) as to whether Blinken and Wang would use the gathering in Munich as a chance to reengage in-person and the US State Department only confirmed the hour-long meeting after it had ended. [shooting down the balloon](https://www.asiafinancial.com/us-downs-spy-balloon-dealing-blow-to-tensions-thaw-hopes). Their economic links [have boomed](https://www.asiafinancial.com/china-says-trade-with-russia-rose-to-new-peak-in-2022) as Moscow’s connections with the West have shrivelled. [balloon’s flight over the US](https://www.asiafinancial.com/us-not-the-only-target-of-chinese-spy-balloons-blinken) ‘can never happen again’. [Munich](https://securityconference.org/en/msc/).

INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey, Feb 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Turkey on Sunday for an official visit and discussions on ...

economic data stoked fears the Federal Reserve will act more aggressively to curb inflation. All the news you need to start your day. (This includes the Reuters Weekend Briefing.)

While in Turkey, he is expected to meet with Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan and Mevlut Cavusoglu, Blinken's Turkish counterpart. The top U.S. diplomat's ...

The top U.S. diplomat’s meetings in Turkey follow a visit to Washington by Cavusoglu last month. U.S.

Watch live as the US secretary of state visits Turkey in the aftermath of powerful and devastating earthquakes.

[Antony Blinken](/topic/antony-blinken) during his trip as he observes the scale of the damage left behind after buildings were reduced to rubble. [Turkey](/topic/turkey) in the aftermath of powerful and devastating earthquakes. Watch live as the US secretary of state visits

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Turkey, where he set off for a tour of the earthquake disaster zone accompanied by his Turkish ...

Incirlik, home to the U.S. “The search and rescue, unfortunately, is coming to an end. and Turkish service personnel, as well as Turkish military families affected by the earthquake. 6 earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria and pledged a further $100 million in aid to help the region. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took a helicopter tour Sunday of one of the provinces worst-affected by the Feb. “This is going to be a long-term effort,” Blinken said at Incirlik Air Base, a joint U.S.-Turkish facility that has coordinated the distribution of disaster aid.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi in a "confrontational" meeting in Munich that the spy balloon was "unacceptable," but ...

"We ask the U.S. He added, however, that Wang offered "no apology" for the incident. "The Secretary underscored the importance of maintaining diplomatic dialogue and open lines of communication at all times." Blinked had canceled a planned trip to China as the suspected Chinese spy craft detected over Montana drifted across the continental U.S. He also "reaffirmed there had been no change to the longstanding U.S. military show down the surveillance balloon relations." can "exploit that debris" and "learn more about this system." sovereignty and international law by the PRC high-altitude surveillance balloon in U.S. [BLINKEN MEETS WITH CHINA'S TOP DIPLOMAT FOR FIRST TIME SINCE DOWNING OF SPYCRAFT ](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blinken-meets-chinas-top-diplomat-first-time-downing-spy-craft) Regarding the other objects shot down, Kirby said they're "probably for benign purposes" but couldn't be sure at the time, noting their altitude posed a danger to commercial airline flights. In a statement from the State Department on the meeting with PRC State Councilor and Director of the CCP Central Foreign Affairs Office Wang Yi, spokesman Ned Price said Blinken "directly spoke to the unacceptable violation of U.S.

The top US diplomat will meet officials coordinating the delivery of US aid.

He will head to Greece late on Monday for talks during which he is expected to discuss tensions with Turkey, although frosty relations have thawed slightly since the earthquake as Greece provided assistance to its NATO ally and neighbour. The United States has sent rescue teams and contributed an initial $85 million in relief for Turkey and Syria, deploying helicopters to bring supplies to worst-hit areas. Incirlik Air Base, Turkey: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Turkey on Sunday to show support to the earthquake-hit country and NATO ally which has had tumultuous ties with Washington.

We also had an opportunity to talk about the Russian aggression against Ukraine. We're here in Munich and many of the countries here are focused, as we are, on ...

We, at the same time, got information about the balloon itself as it was traversing the country going west to east, and then when it was safe to do so, there was no danger to people on the ground, President Biden ordered that it be shot down. And for the most part, China has been engaged in providing rhetorical, political, diplomatic support to Russia, but we have information that gives us concern that they are considering providing lethal support to Russia in the war against Ukraine. officials believe it’s possible the Chinese didn’t intend for the spy balloon to go to the United States, to cross the United States. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Martha, what I can tell you is this: First of all, from day one, almost quite literally – because President Biden spoke to President Xi a couple of weeks into the Russian aggression back last March and said to him that it would be a deep concern to us if China provided lethal support to Russia or helped in the systematic evasion of sanctions. And I think countries are – I was going to say “pleased,” but “pleased” is the wrong word. And so that’s also something that I underscored in the meeting with Wang Yi this evening.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with China's top diplomat in the first high-level contact between the two countries since the U.S. shot down ...

Wang, the director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, repeated that insistence in a speech at the conference and accused the U.S. is big and strong, but describe the exact opposite,” Wang said. Blinken “underscored the importance of maintaining diplomatic dialogue and open lines of communication at all times.” Blinken also told Wang that the U.S. of violating international legal norms in destroying the object with a missile fired from an U.S. His comments came shortly before an address to the conference by Vice President Kamala Harris, who didn’t mention the balloon controversy or respond to Wang’s comments. “I warned China against providing materiel support to Russia,” Blinken said in a tweet. 4 was just an errant civilian airship used mainly for meteorological research that went off course due to winds and had only limited “self-steering” capabilities. shot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon two weeks ago, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken sending the message that Beijing’s surveillance program had been “exposed to the world.” A meeting at the conference in Germany had been widely anticipated. “I made very clear to him that China sending its surveillance balloon over the United States in violation of our sovereignty, in violation of international law, was unacceptable and must never happen again,” Blinken said Saturday in an interview for CBS’ “Face the Nation.” His spokesman, Ned Price, said in a statement that Blinken also told the Chinese official that his nation’s “high-altitude surveillance balloon program – which has intruded into the airspace of over 40 countries across five continents – has been exposed to the world.”

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said there was "no apology" from his Chinese counterpart during the Saturday meeting in Munich.

The secretary underscored the importance of maintaining diplomatic dialogue and open lines of communication at all times,” Price said, referring to the People’s Republic of China. And so it was important that we had that opportunity this evening here in Munich,” he said. “But what I can also tell you is this was an opportunity to speak very clearly and very directly about the fact that China sent a surveillance balloon over our territory, violating our sovereignty, violating international law. “Give me a break, man,” Biden responded with a dismissive laugh. “This is a time when our relations have never been more — the tension is very high right now, I should say. The developments come despite President Biden claiming that the spy balloon, which was shot down Feb.

Antony Blinken said he met with his Chinese counterpart at the Munich Security Conference and issued blunt warnings, including about the suspected spy ...

The Chinese said their relationship with Russia was a "comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination" but insisted it "is built on the basis of non-alliance, non-confrontation and non-targeting of third countries." You have to make sure that Ukrainians are trained on the systems that are being provided," Blinken said. "There's a real concern that I'm hearing here from other countries, from allies and partners alike, about this program. The officials said that in Wang's meeting with Blinken, on Russia and Ukraine, Wang "stressed ... All consequences arising thereof shall be borne by the US side," Chinese officials said of the balloon. In fact, in the days since the aircraft was shot down off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. officials, including Blinken, were hesitant to characterize China's side of the conversation but said that no apology was offered for the surveillance balloon incident. 4, China has only doubled down on its claims that the balloon was a harmless, unmanned civilian vehicle -- an explanation that directly conflicts with U.S. concerns about China extend beyond espionage, saying he had voiced his "growing concern" that Beijing may be considering providing military aid to Russia to support its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, a focal point of the summit in Munich. "But we have information that gives us concern that they are considering providing lethal support to Russia in the war against Ukraine. "China has been engaged in providing rhetorical, political, diplomatic support to Russia," Blinken said. "I told Wang Yi, my Chinese counterpart, that that action was unacceptable and must never happen again."

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has made clear that the US has no doubt China was seeking to surveil the US via the balloon that was ultimately shot down ...

And no doubt in our minds about this surveillance balloon program that China has, and again, has been used over more than 40 countries around the world,” Blinken told ABC. The balloon traveled over sensitive sites in Montana, officials have said, but the administration has said it tracked the balloon’s path and worked to minimize its intelligence collection capabilities. We took measures to get information about the balloon. [previously reported](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/18/politics/us-warns-allies-china-russia/index.html) that the US has begun seeing “disturbing” trendlines of late in China’s support for Russia’s military, and there are signs that Beijing wants to “creep up to the line” of providing lethal military aid to Russia without getting caught, according to US officials familiar with the intelligence. “We took measures to protect that information. [ Antony Blinken](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/18/china/blinken-wang-yi-munich-intl-hnk/index.html) has made clear that the US has no doubt China was seeking to surveil the US via the balloon that was [ultimately shot down](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/17/politics/china-spy-balloon-recovery/index.html) off the coast of South Carolina earlier this month.

And the fact is you deployed almost immediately – we had almost 200 folks on the ground within a couple of days; the canines were here. And I know that you ...

I so greatly admire the work that you do, the fact that, on a moment’s notice, you will answer the call. It’s going to take time; it’s going to take a huge amount of resources. So thank you all, and I wish you a good trip back home. And the fact is you deployed almost immediately – we had almost 200 folks on the ground within a couple of days; the canines were here. I think I recognize some of you, because there’s an amazing photograph of, I think, many of you on a C-17 on your way here. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, listen, I really wanted to just come by to say thank you, thank you, thank you for your extraordinary efforts and everything you do to answer the call, almost on a moment’s notice.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken denied the US and China were in a "Cold War" despite confronting diplomat Wang Yi over a spy craft that tried to surveil ...

"At the same time, we got information about the balloon itself as was traversing the country going west to east. We protected the sensitive information that it was trying to surveil," Blinken told Raddatz. [Chinese counterpart Wang Yi](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blinken-meets-chinas-top-diplomat-first-time-downing-spy-craft) on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. "And as we’re doing that, we have a strong interest in trying to manage the relationship responsibly and to make sure to the best of our ability that competition doesn’t veer into conflict or into Cold War." "And we have a responsibility to at least try to do that. We’ve taken important steps over the last couple of years to invest in ourselves so that we can compete effectively, but also to align with allies and partners around the world so that we have a shared approach to some of the challenges that China poses," Blinken continued in response.

And joining me now from Munich is the Secretary of State Antony Blinken. · Thanks, Chuck. · Well, look, let me start with the news of the moment, at least for you ...

But the main concern is material support to Russia’s war effort that would have a lethal effect. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Chuck, I don’t want to get into the details in this moment. And some further information that we are sharing today and that I think will be out there soon that indicates that they are strongly considering providing lethal assistance to Russia. Publicly they present themselves as a country striving for peace in Ukraine, but privately, as I said, we’ve seen already over these past months the provision of non-lethal assistance that does go directly to aiding and abetting Russia’s war effort. And what we’ve seen in – over the past years is, of course, some political and rhetorical support, even some non-lethal support, but we are very concerned that China’s considering providing lethal support to Russia in its aggression against Ukraine. I have read the readout we have stated about what you said to him.

The additional aid includes $50 million in emergency refugee and migration funds and $50 million in humanitarian assistance, Secretary of State Antony ...

Incirlik, home to the U.S. "The search and rescue, unfortunately, is coming to an end. 6 earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria and pledged a further $100 million in aid to help the region. and Turkish service personnel, as well as Turkish military families affected by the earthquake. "We'll stick with it until we get the job done." Secretary of State Antony Blinken took a helicopter tour Sunday of one of the provinces worst-affected by the Feb.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken toured Turkey's catastrophic quake damage Sunday as the devastated country's rescue efforts turned to recovery missions ...

[made what he thought would be a final farewell video](https://apnews.com/article/2023-turkey-syria-earthquake-earthquakes-teens-872755dc7549dc2e326b59803cf2a0fd) message to his friends and family while trapped in the rubble of his home Feb. Sweden has accepted separatist Kurdish refugees, and it and Findland have refused to send arms to Turkey during its ongoing offense against Kurdish militants in Syria, The promised additional humanitarian aid comes after President Biden announced $85 million in relief when the quake struck. Duel quakes measuring magnitudes of 7.8 and 7.5 have killed more than 46,000 people in Turkey and part of Syria so far — with the death toll only set to rise. The recovery is on, and then there will be a massive rebuilding operation.” Supplies have been dispatched by both trucks and helicopters to remote areas that are hard to reach because of infrastructure damage.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken unveils more funding for the nation following the deadly earthquake.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is greeted by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, at Incirlik Air Base near Adana, Turkey. CLODAGH KILCOYNE/POOL ...

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google [Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy)and [Terms of Service](https://policies.google.com/terms)apply. Incirlik, home to the U.S. “The search and rescue, unfortunately, is coming to an end. and Turkish service personnel, as well as Turkish military families affected by the earthquake. 6 earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria and pledged a further $100 million in aid to help the region. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took a helicopter tour today of one of the provinces worst-affected by the Feb.

Antony Blinken and Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu held a joint news conference over US aid for the deadly earthquake that hit Turkey on 6 ...

The additional funding consists of $50m in Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Funds (ERMA) and a further $50m delivered through the State Department and USAID. [Antony Blinken](/topic/antony-blinken) and Turkish foreign minister [Mevlut Cavusoglu](/topic/mevlut-cavusoglu) hold joint news conference over US aid for the deadly earthquake that hit [Turkey](/topic/turkey) on 6 February. The US Secretary of State has pledged a further $100m in aid to help the region recover and rebuild.