China has vowed to take countermeasures if Washington deploys intermediate-range missiles in Asia, a prospect that US officials have hinted at, Press TV reports.
Fu Cong, the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s director general for arms control department, said in a press briefing on Tuesday that China “will not stand idly by” if the US deployed missiles in Asia.
“If the US deploys missiles in this part of the world, at the doorstep of China, China will be forced to take countermeasures,” Fu said.
“I urge our neighbors to exercise prudence and not to allow the US deployment of intermediate-range missiles on their territory,” he added, mentioning Japan, South Korea, and Australia by name.
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