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Chinese Foreign Minister To Visit Washington Amid Tensions Over Missile Deployment
freebeacon.com
China’s foreign minister will visit Washington next week amid rising tensions over the deployment of advanced Chinese air defense missiles on a disputed South China Sea island.
In Beijing, meanwhile, a foreign ministry spokesman on Friday fired back at U.S. criticism of the deployment of HQ-9 missiles on Woody Island in the Parcels, accusing the United States of militarizing the region.
State Department spokesmen had no immediate comment.
Wang Yi, the foreign minister, is scheduled to arrive early next week for talks with Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Ash Carter, and White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice, Obama administration officials familiar with the visit said.
The deployment of missiles in the South China Sea is expected to be the main topic of discussions, the officials said.
Wang is expected to voice China’s opposition to U.S. warship passages in the sea and reconnaissance and bomber flights over the islands.
The Chinese minister is also expected to oppose Pentagon plans to deploy one of its most advanced missile defense systems in South Korea, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense.
Talks on the deployment were set to begin this week, and the Pentagon has said it wants to field the system soon.
China has called THAAD deployment in Korea a threat to Chinese security, asserting that the system’s radar can track nearby Chinese missiles.
At the Pentagon on Friday, spokesman Peter Cook said the missile deployment would not alter military operations in the South China Sea.
“We will continue to fly, sail, and operate wherever international law allows, and that includes in the South China Sea in that part of the world,” Cook said.
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