Biden expects 'to be talking to President Xi'

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 18, 2023 2:45 am

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Thursday (Friday in Manila) said he would talk to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in the wake of the US Air Force shooting down what Washington says was a high-tech Chinese spy balloon earlier this month.

'I expect to be speaking with President Xi and... we're going to get to the bottom of this,' Biden said in his most extensive public remarks since the incident on February 4.

BALLOON TALK This file photo shows Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, waving to journalists at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Oct. 23, 2022. President Joe Biden on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 (February 17 in Manila), said he would talk to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in the wake of the US Air Force shooting down what Washington says was a high-tech Chinese spy balloon earlier this month. XINHUA PHOTO

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