BEIJING (Reuters) – China and Russia have agreed to intensify their coordinated opposition to the deployment of a U.S. missile-defence system in South Korea, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
South Korea decided last year to deploy the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in response to the threat from North Korean missiles.
But China and Russia worry that the system’s powerful radar can penetrate their territory and undermine their security, disrupting a balance of power in the region while doing nothing to lower tension on the Korean peninsula.
South Korean officials have said THAAD is a purely defensive measure against North Korean threats and does not target any other country.
“Both sides said they will continue to strengthen their coordinated opposition to THAAD”, the two countries’ deputy foreign ministers agreed on Tuesday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s said in a statement on its website.
China and Russia agreed in January to take unspecified “countermeasures” in response to THAAD.
South Korea’s defence ministry struck a deal this week with an affiliate of the Lotte Group conglomerate to acquire land southeast of the capital, Seoul, for the deployment of the missile system.
The deal sparked protests from China’s state media, which called for a boycott of South Korean cars and telephones and for people to shun its entertainment exports.
South Korean officials have said they expect the missile system to be deployed and operational this year. Continued…
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