The location of the interception systems will undermine the strategic balance in the region and beyond, said the Russian foreign Ministry.
Russia opposed the deployment of US missile defense in South Korea, because the move “a negative impact on global strategic stability.” This is stated in the message of the Russian foreign Ministry.
Washington and Seoul agreed on the placement of the system to intercept ballistic missiles by 2017.
In Moscow’s view, capacity building in the Asia-Pacific segment of the global ABM of the USA with the support of allies “is to undermine the existing strategic balance in the region and beyond”.
The Department also warned about the threat to regional tensions and the creation of new difficulties to resolve the situation on the Korean Peninsula including its denuclearization.
In Moscow expressed hope that the United States and Korea “will be able once again to weigh all the circumstances and to prevent ill-considered actions”.
