High-level officials from Japan and South Korea said Monday they fully back the U.S. decision to shoot down a spy balloon and possibly other surveillance objects from China.
A Chinese spy craft drifts above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it, on Saturday, Feb. 4.
Moments earlier, the White House rejected China’s recent claim that the U.S. was sending its own spy balloons over China, and Sherman reiterated that as she spoke next to Mori and Cho. "There are no U.S. government balloons over the People’s Republic of China. None, zero. Period," she said.China has claimed U.S. balloons are flying over its territory, but the U.S. has rejected that.
"As an ally of the United States, we trust what the United States officially stated on this issue," Cho added. Sherman said the U.S."had every right to take that balloon down" after it was discovered in U.S. territory.China has insisted the first balloon that was shot down was a civilian research craft that was blown off course, but White House spokesman John Kirby said Monday that U.S. officials could see the balloon maneuvering in order to surveil specific sites in the U.S.Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.
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