The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday stated that U.S., Japan and South Korea are utilizing the Korean Peninsula concern as a pretext to strengthen army cooperation, which is able to solely intensify block confrontation.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the remarks at an everyday press convention when requested to touch upon stories that U.S., Japan and South Korea are planning to hyperlink their radars to share real-time data on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) ballistic missiles.
“First of all, I would like to say that the essence of the Korean Peninsula issue is a political and security issue, the root cause of which lies in the remnants of the Cold War and the absence of a peace mechanism,” Wang responded.
He identified that such army cooperation is not going to assist resolve the remnants of the Cold War and promote the peace mechanism course of on the peninsula, however will solely enhance the danger of block confrontation, undermine the already fragile mutual belief between associated events and harm the strategic safety pursuits of different nations.
If the state of affairs on the peninsula slides right into a vicious circle of rigidity and confrontation and an arms race, then the events involved will hardly absolve themselves from blame, he added.
When requested if the three nations’ linked radar system plan violated the “three noes” dedication made by South Korea’s Moon Jae-in administration, Wang reiterated that the 2 sides ought to correctly deal with the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) concern to make it possible for it is not going to turn out to be a stumbling block affecting the bilateral relations.
The “three noes” coverage pledged that there will likely be no further deployment of THAAD batteries, no South Korean integration right into a U.S. led regional missile protection system, and no trilateral alliance with the U.S. and Japan.
Wang hoped that the South Korean facet will proceed to correctly handle and deal with this concern in accordance with the consensus of each side, in order to keep away from pointless interference and impression on bilateral relations.
Source: CGTN