China Concerned THAAD Deployment Undermines Strategic Balance

February 28th, 2017

Awake Goy

nsnbc : China on Monday warned against the deployment of an advanced U.S. THAAD missile defense system in the Republic of Korea (ROK), saying China’s security interests should not be undermined and stressing the deployment changes the strategic balance in the region.

The statement came following reports according to which the Lotte Group board of directors met on Monday to approve a land swap deal between the military and Lotte. The move would facilitate the deployment of the U.S. Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD).

The THAAD deployment initiated by the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) a.k.a. South Korea seriously undermines regional strategic balance and the strategic security interests of regional countries including China, and is not favorable to safeguarding peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said at a regular news briefing.

“China has stressed time and again that it understands the reasonable security concerns of certain parties, but one country’s security should not come at the expense of another,” Geng said. China regrets the persistent ignoring of its concerns over security interests, the spokesperson said. “China expresses firm opposition and strong dissatisfaction,” he said. China will take necessary measures to safeguard its security interests, and the U.S. and the ROK will have to bear all the resulting consequences, the spokesperson said.

The ROK and USA stress the deployment is necessary to counter North Korea’s development of strategic ballistic missiles. Chinese analysts maintain that the THAAD system would be ineffective against eventual North Korean missiles. It’s noteworthy that China – according to may geopolitical analysts – considers North Korea as much as “its turf” as the USA considers South Korea is part of a US hegemony.

F/AK – nsnbc 27.02.2017

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