Taiwan News
Date: 2019/08/06
By: Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — China said Tuesday that it “will not stand idly by” and will take countermeasures if the U.S.
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs arms control official Fu Cong. (By Associated Press)
The statement from the director of the foreign ministry’s Arms Control Department, Fu Cong, follows the U.S.’s withdrawal last week from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, a move Fu said would have a “direct negative impact on the global strategic stability” as well as security in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
Fu said China was particularly concerned about announced plans to develop and test a land-based intermediate-range missile in the Asia-Pacific “sooner rather than later,” in the words of one U.S. official.
“China will not stand idly by and be forced to take countermeasures should the U.S. deploy intermediate-range ground-based missiles this part of the world,” Fu told reporters at a specially called briefing.
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