Ottawa Tight-Lipped on Details as Canada, US Call out China Over Balloon

Ottawa Tight-Lipped on Details as Canada, US Call out China Over Balloon
A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Feb. 1, 2023. The Canadian Press/The Billings Gazette via AP-Larry Mayer
The Canadian Press
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Canada announced that it had called China’s ambassador onto the carpet—but otherwise remained tight-lipped—as Ottawa and Washington expressed their disapproval about a high-altitude surveillance balloon found floating over the United States.

Chinese Ambassador Cong Peiwu was summoned for the dressing down from Global Affairs Canada officials on Thursday after the Pentagon revealed the presence of the balloon over the sensitive military sites in the western U.S.