“No,” RIA Novosti quotes Biden’s answer to the relevant question in an interview with PBS.
He noted that he had spoken with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
According to him, he made it clear to the Chinese leader that the US intends to compete with China, but is not looking for conflict.
Earlier, Beijing rejected a US request for defense ministers to talk about the downed balloon.
It was also reported that part of the wreckage of a Chinese balloon shot down over the United States was delivered to the FBI.