SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese language International Minister Wang Yi mentioned the U.S. deployment of intermediate-range missiles within the Philippines “undermines regional peace and stability”, the overseas ministry mentioned on Sunday.
Chatting with South Korean International Minister Cho Tae-yul in New York on Saturday, Wang additionally referred to as for avoiding “war or chaos on the Korean Peninsula”, the ministry mentioned in a submit on its web site.
The U.S. deployed the Typhon system, which will be outfitted with cruise missiles able to hanging Chinese language targets, this yr. China has demanded its elimination, and Russia has joined in condemning the primary deployment of the system to the Indo-Pacific, accusing Washington of fuelling an arms race.
Wang mentioned the deployment “is not in the interests of regional countries”.
The Philippines, southern neighbour to Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its personal territory, is a crucial a part of U.S. technique in Asia and can be an indispensable staging level for the navy to assist Taipei within the occasion of a Chinese language assault.
Wang mentioned exchanges and cooperation between China and South Korea have grow to be extra energetic this yr.
