Beijing urged Seoul to careful approach to the deployment of American missile defense system in South Korea

Beijing urged Seoul to careful approach to the deployment of American missile defense system in South Korea

http://www.voiceofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Beijinп.jpg

Pak Kin Xe and Xi Jinping discussed the issue “in a specific manner,” said the source

SEOUL, Aug. 26. During the past July summit of the leaders of the Republic of Korea (ROK) and China Beijing said a cautious approach to the problem of placing recent American missile defense system in the South. This was reported by Yonhap news agency on Tuesday.

“At the time of the Seoul Summit, President Xi Jinping in a conversation with President Park Keun Hye stressed the need for caution in the approach to the problem of deployment (in South Korea), the American anti-missile system” Taad “(THAAD)”, – said one of the sources of the agency. The response of the head of the Republic of Kazakhstan is still unknown.

This year, the United States conducted in South Korea study for the possible deployment of anti-missile batteries of mobile ground-based systems for high-rise trans-atmospheric intercept medium-range missiles “Taad” (Theater High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD).

According to another source agency, Pak Kin Xe and Xi Jinping discussed the issue “in a specific manner,” but no details have been brought.

Question by American missile defense leader of China raised at a time when Beijing is trying to improve relations with Seoul on a background of serious territorial disputes between China and its Asian neighbors, including Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines, said the agency Yonhap.

China and Russia have expressed concern about attempts to place Washington in the south of the Korean Peninsula, a new anti-missile system.

In June, the former Minister of Defense Kim Kwang Jin, who is now the post of chief adviser to the President for National Security Affairs, told lawmakers that Seoul is “do not care about the deployment of the armed forces of the United States in Korea this system on the territory of the South.”

At the same time, he said, “will increase the possibility to intercept and destroy North Korean ballistic missiles.”

#KoreaNewsToday, #NorthKoreaNewsToday, #NorthKoreaToday, #SouthKoreaNewsToday