Russia and China critical of US plans

moscow - The Russian and Chinese foreign ministers criticize the planned stationing of a US missile defense system in South Korea. According to them, the US plan is more than a protective barrier against North Korean missile attacks.

,, It upsets the strategic balance in the region and lead to an arms race, '' said the Chinese Minister Wang Yi. Besides the Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov North Korea criticized the US plan called for resuming talks on its nuclear program and to respect resolutions of the UN Security Council prohibiting the testing of long-range missiles. Washington announced in early February, the placement of a mobile missile defense system after North Korea had tested a long-range missile.

Both counterparts in Moscow, met to prepare for a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to China this year. Now the relationship between Russia and the West deteriorated after the Russian invasion in Crimea, Moscow seeks rapprochement with China in the political field.