BREAKING: Canada summons Chinese ambassador over high-altitude surveillance balloon
OTTAWA - China's ambassador to Canada has been called onto the carpet to explain a high-altitude surveillanceGlobal Affairs Canada says Ambassador Cong Peiwu was summoned on Thursday after the's movements are being tracked by the North American Aerospace Defence Command.is Chinese, but says it is a civilian airship used primarily for weather research that flew off course.'s appearance has heightened already tense relations between the U.S. and China, with reports U.S.
It says Canadians are safe and that Canada is taking steps to ensure the security of its airspace, including the monitoring of a potential second incident. A senior U.S. defence official said the U.S. has “very high confidence” it is a Chinese high-altitude balloon, and said it was flying over sensitive sites to collect information.
He said similar balloon activity has been seen in the past several years. He added that the U.S. took steps to ensure it did not collect sensitive information. The defence official said the U.S. has “engaged” Chinese officials through multiple channels and communicated the seriousness of the matter. “As for the balloon, as I've mentioned just now, we are looking into and verifying the situation and hope that both sides can handle this together calmly and carefully.”
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