POSTPONEMENT: President Ramaphosa to host President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on a State Visit

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November 30, 2022

Members of the media are informed of the postponement of the State Visit by President Nicolas Maduro Moros of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which was scheduled for Tuesday, 06 December 2022 in Pretoria.

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$U S military fighter aircraft shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it floated off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday a move Beijing called a serious violation of international practice and for which it threatened repercussions We successfully took it down and I want to compliment our aviators who did it U S President Joe Biden said Biden said he had issued an order on Wednesday to take down the balloon but the Pentagon had recommended waiting until it could be done over open water to safeguard civilians from debris crashing down to Earth from thousands of metres above commercial air traffic Multiple fighter and refuelling aircraft were involved in the mission but only one an F 22 fighter jet took the shot using a single AIM 9X missile a senior U S military official said The vessel was shot down about six nautical miles off the U S coast over relatively shallow water potentially aiding efforts to recover key elements of the Chinese surveillance equipment among the debris in the coming days officials said The shootdown came shortly after the U S government ordered a halt to flights in and out of three area airports Wilmington N C and Myrtle Beach and Charleston in South Carolina due to what it said at the time was an undisclosed national security effort The flights resumed Saturday afternoon The balloon first entered a U S identification zone on Jan 28 entered Canadian airspace three days later and then re entered U S airspace on Jan 31 a U S defence official said U S officials had publicly disclosed the balloon s presence over the United States on Thursday Washington has called the balloon a clear violation of U S sovereignty and notified Beijing about the shootdown on Saturday a U S official said Our assessment and we re going to learn more as we pick up the debris was that it was not likely to provide significant additive value over and above other Chinese intel capability such as satellites in low Earth orbit the senior U S defence official said Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin first announced the shootdown saying the balloon was being used by China in an attempt to surveil strategic sites in the continental United States In a statement on Saturday following the downing Austin thanked Canada for its contribution to tracking and analysis of the balloon as it transited North America while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter that Canada strongly supports the shootdown and pledged to keep working together with the U S including through the North American Aerospace Defence Command NORAD The bi national lt a href https twitter com NORADCommand ref_src twsrc 5Etfw gt NORADCommand lt a gt has been tracking and analyzing the trajectory and actions of the balloon and this Canada U S cooperation ensures the security and defence of North American air sovereignty lt br gt lt br gt Today and always we thank our people in uniform for having the watch A Reuters photographer said the suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down over the southeastern U S coast A stream came from a jet and hit the balloon but there was no explosion the photographer said It then began to fall the photographer said The U S military did not immediately recover the payload from the Chinese surveillance balloon U S officials said The Federal Aviation Administration FAA issued a temporary flight restriction to clear airspace around the South Carolina coast The notice blocked flights to more than 260 square kilometres mostly over the Atlantic Ocean according to a document posted by the FAA The notice warned that the military could use deadly force if airplanes violate the restrictions and do not comply with orders to leave Responding to the downing China said the action violates international norms and it reserves the right to take further action in response The U S in insisting on the use of force is an obvious overreaction and a serious violation of international practice according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday morning Previously China expressed regret that an airship used for civilian meteorological and other scientific purposes had strayed into U S airspace China s Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Saturday that the flight of the airship over the U S was a force majeure accident and it accused U S politicians and media of taking advantage of the situation to discredit Beijing China will resolutely uphold the relevant company s legitimate rights and interests at the same time reserving the right to take further actions in response Beijing s statement on Sunday read The suspected Chinese spy balloon prompted U S Secretary of State Antony Blinken to postpone a visit to China this week that had been expected to start on Friday The postponement of Blinken s trip which had been agreed to in November by Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping is a blow to those who saw it as an overdue opportunity to stabilize an increasingly fractious relationship between the two countries China is keen for a stable U S relationship so it can focus on its economy battered by the now abandoned zero COVID policy and neglected by foreign investors alarmed at what they see as a return of state intervention in the market Meanwhile Colombia s military confirmed a sighting of an airborne object similar to a balloon flying over its territory Colombia s air force issued a statement on Saturday providing limited details concerning a possible balloon its air defence system had located Friday morning U S military officials on Friday said another Chinese balloon was spotted somewhere over Latin America but did not specify its location According to the Colombian air force statement an object was detected over its territory at an altitude of 55 000 feet that had entered the South American country s airspace to the north moving at an average speed of 25 knots or roughly 46 km h The statement added that the object exhibited characteristics similar to those of a balloon and that the air force monitored it until it left the country s airspace It was determined that it did not represent a threat to national security the statement added No other official confirmation of unidentified balloons flying over other Latin American countries has been issued as of Sunday In recent days however balloon sightings have been made in Venezuela and Costa Rica by multiple social media users Credit cbc ca You can read the original article here$
China threatens repercussions after U.S. shoots down suspected spy balloon off Carolina coast

$U S military fighter aircraft shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it floated off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday a move Beijing called a serious violation of international practice and for which it threatened repercussions We successfully took it down and I want to compliment our aviators who did it U S President Joe Biden said Biden said he had issued an order on Wednesday to take down the balloon but the Pentagon had recommended waiting until it could be done over open water to safeguard civilians from debris crashing down to Earth from thousands of metres above commercial air traffic Multiple fighter and refuelling aircraft were involved in the mission but only one an F 22 fighter jet took the shot using a single AIM 9X missile a senior U S military official said The vessel was shot down about six nautical miles off the U S coast over relatively shallow water potentially aiding efforts to recover key elements of the Chinese surveillance equipment among the debris in the coming days officials said The shootdown came shortly after the U S government ordered a halt to flights in and out of three area airports Wilmington N C and Myrtle Beach and Charleston in South Carolina due to what it said at the time was an undisclosed national security effort The flights resumed Saturday afternoon The balloon first entered a U S identification zone on Jan 28 entered Canadian airspace three days later and then re entered U S airspace on Jan 31 a U S defence official said U S officials had publicly disclosed the balloon s presence over the United States on Thursday Washington has called the balloon a clear violation of U S sovereignty and notified Beijing about the shootdown on Saturday a U S official said Our assessment and we re going to learn more as we pick up the debris was that it was not likely to provide significant additive value over and above other Chinese intel capability such as satellites in low Earth orbit the senior U S defence official said Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin first announced the shootdown saying the balloon was being used by China in an attempt to surveil strategic sites in the continental United States In a statement on Saturday following the downing Austin thanked Canada for its contribution to tracking and analysis of the balloon as it transited North America while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter that Canada strongly supports the shootdown and pledged to keep working together with the U S including through the North American Aerospace Defence Command NORAD The bi national lt a href https twitter com NORADCommand ref_src twsrc 5Etfw gt NORADCommand lt a gt has been tracking and analyzing the trajectory and actions of the balloon and this Canada U S cooperation ensures the security and defence of North American air sovereignty lt br gt lt br gt Today and always we thank our people in uniform for having the watch A Reuters photographer said the suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down over the southeastern U S coast A stream came from a jet and hit the balloon but there was no explosion the photographer said It then began to fall the photographer said The U S military did not immediately recover the payload from the Chinese surveillance balloon U S officials said The Federal Aviation Administration FAA issued a temporary flight restriction to clear airspace around the South Carolina coast The notice blocked flights to more than 260 square kilometres mostly over the Atlantic Ocean according to a document posted by the FAA The notice warned that the military could use deadly force if airplanes violate the restrictions and do not comply with orders to leave Responding to the downing China said the action violates international norms and it reserves the right to take further action in response The U S in insisting on the use of force is an obvious overreaction and a serious violation of international practice according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday morning Previously China expressed regret that an airship used for civilian meteorological and other scientific purposes had strayed into U S airspace China s Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Saturday that the flight of the airship over the U S was a force majeure accident and it accused U S politicians and media of taking advantage of the situation to discredit Beijing China will resolutely uphold the relevant company s legitimate rights and interests at the same time reserving the right to take further actions in response Beijing s statement on Sunday read The suspected Chinese spy balloon prompted U S Secretary of State Antony Blinken to postpone a visit to China this week that had been expected to start on Friday The postponement of Blinken s trip which had been agreed to in November by Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping is a blow to those who saw it as an overdue opportunity to stabilize an increasingly fractious relationship between the two countries China is keen for a stable U S relationship so it can focus on its economy battered by the now abandoned zero COVID policy and neglected by foreign investors alarmed at what they see as a return of state intervention in the market Meanwhile Colombia s military confirmed a sighting of an airborne object similar to a balloon flying over its territory Colombia s air force issued a statement on Saturday providing limited details concerning a possible balloon its air defence system had located Friday morning U S military officials on Friday said another Chinese balloon was spotted somewhere over Latin America but did not specify its location According to the Colombian air force statement an object was detected over its territory at an altitude of 55 000 feet that had entered the South American country s airspace to the north moving at an average speed of 25 knots or roughly 46 km h The statement added that the object exhibited characteristics similar to those of a balloon and that the air force monitored it until it left the country s airspace It was determined that it did not represent a threat to national security the statement added No other official confirmation of unidentified balloons flying over other Latin American countries has been issued as of Sunday In recent days however balloon sightings have been made in Venezuela and Costa Rica by multiple social media users Credit cbc ca You can read the original article here$
China threatens repercussions after U.S. shoots down suspected spy balloon off Carolina coast

China threatens repercussions after U.S. shoots down suspected spy balloon off Carolina coast

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