THAAD response 'understandable': China and Russia agreed on further countermeasures against the planned deployment

It is totally understandable for China or other countries in the region to safeguard their security interests, the Foreign Ministry said, after China and Russia agreed on further countermeasures against the planned deployment of a US missile defense system in the Republic of Korea.


Beijing and Moscow announced on Thursday that they share serious concerns and are firmly opposed to Washington and Seoul’s plan to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense anti-missile system in the ROK.

They urged both the United States and the ROK to respect their security concerns and stop the deployment process, according to a statement released in Moscow after the sixth China-Russia consultation on the security situation in Northeast Asia.

On Friday, Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada inspected the THAAD system when visiting a US air base in Guam.

"We have no concrete plans to introduce THAAD, but we want to explore what is possible," Inada was quoted by Kyodo News Agency as saying.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang reiterated on Friday that the deployment of THAAD will not only seriously affect China’s security interests, but also threaten the strategic balance in the region.
  [china.org.cn/China Daily]
14/1/17
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