Deployment of parts of U.S. NMD in S. Korea could affect strategic stability - ministry
MOSCOW. July 24 (Interfax) - The Russian Foreign Ministry has reacted with caution to a statement from Seoul about the possibility of South Korea hosting elements of the United States National Missile Defense (NMD) system, and warned that this will have a negative effect on global strategic stability.
"We took note of the statements by the Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin who did not rule out the likelihood of South Korea hosting the U.S. THAAD missile defense systems as part of the U.S. military presence there. Such remarks are certainly alarming, given that previously the government of the Republic of Korea repeatedly announced its intention to counter likely missile threats on its own," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a commentary.
