In their first face-to-face meeting since the riot over Balloons entering US airspaceUS Secretary of State Anton Blinken Meeting with China’s top diplomats, Wang Yion Saturday in Munich, Germany.

Blinken told Wang the plane’s entry into US airspace was an “irresponsible act that must never happen again.” reports The Wall Street Journal.

According to the State Department, Blinken told his counterpart that China’s surveillance balloon program “has been exposed to the world.”

“The Secretary of State addressed directly the unacceptable violation of US sovereignty and international law by the PRC’s high-altitude surveillance balloon in US airspace,” the State Department spokesman said Ned price.

According to the WSJ report, a senior State Department official said the Chinese side “did not communicate anything that provided any credible explanation as to what that balloon was.”

After the meeting, China’s state will be guided Xinhua News Agency reported that “Wang had an informal meeting with Blinken at the request of the US side.”

Wang told US officials to change their stance Dealing with the balloon episode and strive to repair the damage its “excessive use of force has caused in China-US relations,” Xinhua reported.

Earlier on Saturday, Wang attacked the US for shooting down the Chinese balloon, describing their actions as “incomprehensible and almost hysterical”. reports Bloomberg.

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“The concern we have now, based on the information we have, is that they are considering providing lethal support,” Blinken said in one interview with CBS. “And we made it clear to them that this could cause a serious problem for us and our relationship.”

Aside from the balloon issue, Blinken discussed other matters with Wang about Russia’s war on Ukraine and condemning North Korea’s launch of an ICBM, the senior foreign ministry said.