China calls for halt to THAAD deployment
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CHINA has demanded an immediate stop to deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea.
“China is seriously concerned,” foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a regular news briefing yesterday, reiterating China’s opposition to the deployment of THAAD by the United States and South Korea.
South Korea’s defense ministry said the four remaining batteries of the THAAD system would be deployed on a golf course in the south of the country today.
The system has a radar that can see deep into Chinese territory.
Two THAAD batteries have already been installed.
THAAD will not help resolve security concerns. Rather, it will undermine the regional strategic balance, harm regional security interests, including China’s, and increase tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Geng said.
“China demands that the US and South Korea respect the security interests and concerns of China and other regional countries, with an immediate stop to the deployment process and removal of the equipment,” he said.
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