Reuters, 25/02 18:26 CET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign
Minister Wang Yi on Thursday underscored his concerns about the long
range of a powerful U.S. radar that could be deployed in South Korea
along with an advanced missile defence system and said Washington should
explain its plans.
Wang told an event hosted by the Center for International
and Strategic Studies think tank that China remained committed to
working with the United States and other countries to de-nuclearise the
Korean peninsula. He said he was optimistic that the United Nations
would agree on a resolution criticizing North Korea for its Jan. 6
nuclear test.
But Wang said China remained concerned that the X-band radar to be deployed with the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)
system built by Lockheed Martin Corp had a range that extended far
beyond the Korean peninsula into the interior of China. That in turn, he
said, could jeopardise “China’s legitimate national security
interests.”
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Source: Euronews
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