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China, Russia urge US to abandon missile shields
BEIJING, July 18 : Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin today issued a statement after nearly three hours of talks in Beijing urging Washington to abandon Its National Missile Defence (NMD) and Theatre Missile Defence (TMD) projects, reports AFP.
Jiang and Putin also pledged to boost Slno-Russlan strategic cooperation and trade — they signed three trade agreements including one for Russia to build an experimental nuclear reactor using fast neutron technology.
A Joint statement appealed to the international community to take "all necessary’ measures" to oppose the NMD which ft said could upset the strategic balance of the post-Cold War world.
"The American plan is a source of enormous concern. Russia and China believe the
aim of this plan is to achieve unilateral superiority in military and security matters." said the statement.
The proposed NMD. if successfully developed, will be capable of shooting down incoming nuclear missiles and will give the United States a fundamental advantage over other nuclear powers.
However Washington insists the shield will not target either Russia or China, but Is instead ar.” said the text.
China and Russia have adamantly opposed the shields for the past two years even though they are still in the design stage. Although no firm decision has been taken, US Defense Secretary William Cohen said in Beijing last week that Washington was pushing ahead with the projects.
Putin arrived in Beijing late
Monday and was given a full ceremonial welcome with a 21-gun salute In Tiananmen Square.designed to counter the threat of rogue states such as North Korea and Iran.
The TMD system is designed to protect Japan and Washington's other Aslan allies from North Korean missiles, but Beijing is furious at plans to extend the shield to Taiwan which ft considers a rebel province.
"To involve Taiwan is any form of anti-missile defence put in place by a foreign country’ ts unacceptable and could gravely endanger the stability of the region.” said the statement.
The statement also strongly’ rejected Washington's plan to amend the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty’, a step seen.