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US and China envoys to meet next week over US spy plane incident
Representatives of the United States and China will meet next week for sombre discussions over the incident involving an American surveillance plane and a Chinese fighter jet which collided over the South China Sea.
Beijing insists blame for the mid-air collision lies with the American spy plane but President George W. Bush has rebuked China for detaining the 24 crew members for 11 days.
The crew have returned to the United States but the aircraft remains in China's possession with no sign that it will be returned anytime soon.
America's National Security Advisor, Condoleeza Rice, insists the incident won't mean an end to American surveillance flights as demanded by China.
The United States is not going to going to negotiate about these surveillance, reconnaisance flights that are a key part of our national diplomatic and foreign policy strategy because what we are doing with these flights is protecting not just our own interests but those of many allies in the region. Now we can have a discussion about how this might be done in a way that does not cause an incident of the kind that we've just had.
13/04/01 20:52:17 | ABC Radio Australia News
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