Ministry of National Defense Denounces US Deployment of Mid-Range Missile System to the Philippines: Those who Invite Wolves into the House will Get Bitten
5月30日下午，国防部举行例行记者会，国防部新闻局局长、国防部新闻发言人吴谦大校答记者问。
记者：据报道，美军近期将“堤丰”发射系统运抵菲律宾参加联合军演。有分析称，此举是美“印太战略”的重要一环，针对中国的意图十分明显。请问中方对此有何评论？
Question: The US military recently deployed the Typhon Mid-Range Capability missile system to the Philippines for joint exercises. Some analysts believe that this is an important part of the US Indo-Pacific Strategy and is obviously targeted at China. What’s your comment, please?
吴谦：近期，美方以演习为由在菲律宾部署中程导弹系统。这是冷战结束以来，美方首次在海外和亚太地区部署中导，也是美方2019年退出《中导条约》后首次部署此类武器。美菲做法将整个地区置于美炮火之下，将巨大战争风险带入域内，严重冲击地区安全格局，严重破坏地区和平稳定，中方对此高度警惕、坚决反对。
Wu Qian: The US side recently deployed a Mid-Range Capability (MRC) missile system to the Philippines under the excuse of military exercises. This is the first time the US has deployed a mid-range missile system overseas and to the Asia-Pacific since the end of the Cold War. It’s also the first time the US has deployed such kind of weapon since it withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) in 2019. What the US and the Philippines did has put the whole Asia-Pacific region under the threat of US weaponry. Such moves cause great risk of war and will seriously impact the security architecture and undermine peace and stability in the region. The Chinese side is highly vigilant against and firmly opposed to this.
中导是极具冷战色彩的战略性、进攻性武器。美方此举是开历史倒车，鼓动阵营对抗，强化军事同盟，挤压别国安全空间，将进一步打破地区战略平衡，制造新的紧张对立。菲律宾将自己绑上美国战车，严重背离作为东盟国家的基本准则，严重违反《东盟宪章》精神，严重破坏《东南亚友好合作条约》原则，冲击东盟主导的地区合作架构。“引狼入室”定将反噬自身，“火中取栗”必定自食苦果。我们要求美菲尊重地区国家安全关切，立即停止上述危险行径。
The mid-range missile system is a strategic and offensive weapon reminiscent of the Cold War. The US attempts to turn back the wheel of history, provokes bloc confrontation, strengthens military alliance, and squeezes the security space of other countries. This will break strategic balance in the region and create new tension and antagonism. The Philippines chooses to tie itself onto the US chariot, which severely deviates from the guiding principles for ASEAN countries, severely violates the spirit of the ASEAN Charter, severely undercuts the principles of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, and undermines the ASEAN-led architecture of regional cooperation. Those who invite wolves into their house will get bitten and those who pull chestnuts out of fire for others can only get themselves burnt. We urge the US and the Philippines to respect the security concerns of regional countries and immediately stop these dangerous acts. |
