The United States is confident in the effectiveness of measures to protect intelligence from a Chinese balloon

"We are confident in the effectiveness of the measures that we have taken," RIA Novosti quoted Singh as saying.

She noted that the measures taken prevented the balloon from collecting more information about American facilities.

Earlier, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the head of the office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Politburo member Wang Yi did not apologize for the incident with the Chinese balloon in US airspace.

The head of the office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, a member of the Politburo, Wang Yi, outlined Beijing's position on the incident with the Chinese balloon and demanded that Washington eliminate the damage caused to bilateral relations as a result of the abuse of force.