THAAD issue shouldn’t be obstacle in Seoul-Beijing ties, top diplomats agree

August 10, 2022

Yonhap News Agency:

The top diplomats of South Korea and China agreed during their talks Tuesday that disputes over the issue of an advanced U.S. missile defense system should no longer hamper Seoul-Beijing relations, a South Korean official said.

During the talks, both Park and Wang “clearly expressed their positions on THAAD, and at the same time, they shared the same view that the matter should not be an obstacle to the development of South Korea-China relations, going forward,” the official told reporters on the customary condition of anonymity.

China is concerned the conservative Yoon government will expand the deployment of THAAD in South Korea in a bid to counter growing missile threats from North Korea.

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