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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning on Wednesday called on the United States to abandon the development and deployment of the Golden Dome global missile defense system and take concrete actions to strengthen strategic mutual trust between the powers and maintain global strategic stability.
Mao Ning made the relevant statements while commenting on the plan to create the Golden Dome missile defense system in the United States.
As the Chinese diplomat noted, the so-called “Golden Dome” plan is aimed at deploying an unlimited, global, multi-layered and multi-dimensional missile defense system. This plan openly envisages a significant increase in space warfare capabilities, including the development and deployment of orbital interception systems.
“This gives this plan a clearly offensive character and violates the principle of peaceful use of outer space, enshrined in the Outer Space Treaty. The implementation of the plan will increase the risks of turning space into a combat zone and the emergence of a space arms race, and will undermine the international security and arms control system,” Mao Ning said.
According to the official representative, the United States, adhering to the “America First” policy, is obsessed with the pursuit of absolute security for itself, which violates the principle of “the security of one state should not be ensured at the expense of the security of others” and undermines the global strategic balance and stability.
“China expresses serious concern over this,” Mao Ning added. -0-