Chinese ambassador calls for quick solution over missile row
China‘s top envoy to South Korea called Saturday for a solution to quickly end a monthslong diplomatic row over the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system in South Korea.
Chinese Ambassador Qiu Guohong said the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system had a “serious impact” on the mutual trust between the two countries, calling it “the biggest hurdle” for the development of bilateral relations.
“Many South Koreans say Beijing is retaliating against Seoul.
But exchange and cooperation between countries call for political common ground, and we need to quickly find ways to resolve the issue,” Qiu said in a business forum in South Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju.
China has imposed restrictions on South Korean imports and banned the sale of group tour packages to its neighbor in protest of the U.S. missile system in South Korea.
Seoul and Washington said the missile system is only meant to counter North Korea‘s evolving nuclear and missile threats. But China has repeatedly pressed South Korea to withdraw the THAAD system out of concern that the deployment could hurt Beijing’s security interests.
Qiu also reiterated that Beijing is against North Korea‘s missile and nuclear programs, though he said sanctions cannot fundamentally settle the issue.
China is North Korea’s most important trading partner and key source of food and fuel, giving Beijing significant leverage over Pyongyang.
Critics claim that China has been reluctant to enforce tougher U.N. sanctions against North Korea apparently out of concerns that such a move could destabilize its communist ally. (Yonhap)
(责任编辑:产品中心)
- NYT Strands hints, answers for August 29
- 宝兴县开展“进基层、讲法典”宣讲活动
- 聚焦课题研究 提升校长专业能力
- 汉源县:聚焦重点工作精准施策 开启教育扶贫“加速度”
- 21 Unexpected Wonders in Colorado’s Vibrant Cities and Small Towns
- “组团式”帮扶助力广西融水教育振兴
- 交警冒雨保畅 保障市民出行安全
- 随时随地“炫”榴莲,肇庆盛汇携榴莲冰皮赴喀什引起广泛关注
- Cyrix: Gone But Not Forgotten
- Europe moves towards renewables in its divorce from Russian gas
- 'Bring Brittney Griner home,' Ben Proudfoot tells President Biden at Oscars
- 我市计划招募银龄讲学教师39名
- 广州市白云区供销联社携手6所院校15支队伍,加力提速推进“百千万工程”
- What to do if you run out of dog poop bags
- Webb telescope discovers 6 rogue worlds. They didn't form the way you'd expect.
- 15亿元农资市场!中国(中山)花木产业大会招商进行时
- Why Trump can’t designate antifa as a terrorist organization.
- Belgium ‘can’t blame Lukaku’ for exit
- Doosan scraps controversial Robotics
- 'Quordle' today: See each 'Quordle' answer and hints for September 14