Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed gratitude to U.S.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, over his reiteration of support for peace
and stability across the Taiwan Strait, during his Saturday meeting with
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Blinken spoke of the "unacceptable violation of U.S. sovereignty and
international law" by the PRC high-altitude surveillance balloon in U.S.
territorial airspace.

The U.S. top diplomat also reaffirmed there had been no change to the
longstanding U.S. one China policy, and underscored "the importance of
maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait".

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi affirmed Beijing's position on the so-called
"balloon incident," urging Washington to "change course, and acknowledge and
resolve the damage its abuse of force has done to China-U.S. relations."

Beijing has denied that the balloon was used for spying and claimed it was a
civilian airship blown off course.