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Our mid-range missiles don’t pose threat to US unless they move their missiles ‘too close’ - Chinese top diplomat Our mid-range missiles don’t pose threat to Washington...UNLESS it moves its missiles ‘too close’ – top Chinese diplomat
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Chinese medium-range missiles are confined within the country’s borders, a senior Foreign Ministry official said, warning the US against deploying its forces to Beijing’s doorstep.Chinese medium-range missiles are confined within the country’s borders, a senior Foreign Ministry official said, warning the US against deploying its forces to Beijing’s doorstep.
“Our missiles are stationed on our territory. They don’t pose a threat to the US – at least, if the US doesn’t deploy their ships too close to our territory,” head of the Arms Control Department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Fu Cong said on Friday.“Our missiles are stationed on our territory. They don’t pose a threat to the US – at least, if the US doesn’t deploy their ships too close to our territory,” head of the Arms Control Department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Fu Cong said on Friday.
Speaking at an arms control event in Moscow, Fu stressed that deploying American missiles in the region would be a “provocative, destabilizing act.”Speaking at an arms control event in Moscow, Fu stressed that deploying American missiles in the region would be a “provocative, destabilizing act.”
DETAILS TO FOLLOW The Pentagon jump-started the development of new missiles, after the US withdrew from the landmark 1987 INF Treaty with Russia in August, which banned all land-based missiles with the range up to 5,500km (3,420 miles) and their launchers.
In the same month, Defense Secretary Mark Esper spoke in favor of deploying mid-range missiles in Asia.
Esper’s words angered Chinese officials, who have been warning that any attempts to move the missiles closer to China would undermine regional peace and stability. “Should that happen, China would have no choice but to take necessary countermeasures in defense of its national security,” Fu said last month.
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