China and Russia have jointly declared their opposition towards the move of the United States of America to deploy an anti-missile system to the Republic of Korea.

In a press conference on Friday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters that both countries "are expressing serious concerns in regard to the US intention to deploy the THAAD system in the ROK," reported China Daily.

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"This move goes far beyond actual defense necessities and damages the strategic security of China and Russia," Wang added.

For his part, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pointed out that the US and ROK "shouldn't use Pyongyang's acts as a pretext to increase their military presence on the Korean Peninsula."

"We believe the possible deployment of the THAAD anti-missile system won't resolve this problem," the Russian leader continued to say.

It was learned that US and ROK were having talks about the possibility of deploying a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system following the fourth nuclear test of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in January this year.

According to the report, China's strong opposition to what the US reportedly wanted to do was based on what analysts have been speculating - that such system might be used to "monitor Beijing's missile launches as far inland as Xi'an in the northwest of the country."

However, Sung Kim, the US special representative for DPRK policy, reportedly revealed that there is nothing to worry about the THAAD deployment since it is just "a complete defense system" that will give protection to US and ROK "against missile threats from Pyongyang."

But this explanation appeared not to sit well with Zuo Xiying, an international studies specialist at Renmin University of China's National Academy of Development and Strategy, when he said that "This poses a threat to China and Russia's national security, and the deployment will definitely harm regional peace and stability."

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