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Blinken meets China’s Wang Yi, warns against helping Russia

Antony Blinken, right, said Wang Yi, left, did not apologise for the overflight of the Chinese balloon over US territory [File: Stefani Reynolds/Pool via Reuters]

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned China against providing “lethal support” for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and condemned the violation of United States airspace by an alleged Chinese spying balloon as he held rare talks with Beijing’s top diplomat, Wang Yi.

The meeting of the two senior officials happened late on Saturday on the sidelines of a global security conference in Munich, Germany, just hours after Wang scolded Washington as “hysterical” in a running dispute over the US’s downing of the suspected Chinese spy balloon.

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