SAN JOSE — China apologized to Costa Rica for a balloon that flew over its territory, the Central American country’s government said on Monday, after a…
A U.S. military jet shot down that balloon just off its Atlantic coast on Saturday, after days of frenzied speculation over its mission, and on Monday President Joe Biden asserted that U.S.-Sino relations were not weakened by the episode.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Costa Rican officials were told by Chinese officials the balloon flight path deviated from its original plan and it had a limited ability to correct the error, according to the statement.Article content A Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman told reporters at a news conference in Beijing on Monday that the balloon spotted in Latin America was used for civilian purposes.
On Sunday, the head of Costa Rica’s civil aviation agency said local officials had received reports of a balloon flying over the country last Thursday, after Colombia’s military issued a statement on Saturday saying it had sighted an object similar to a balloon over its territory a day earlier. Planes were notified at the time, but no further action was taken, according to the civil aviation director.
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