Woo Sang-ho: "China's THAAD '3 No's and 1 Han'? Nonsense... We Never Agreed"

"Claims China Is Making Arbitrarily"

Woo Sang-ho, Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, holds a press briefing at the National Assembly on the 11th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] Regarding the Chinese government's claim that South Korea officially expressed the '3 No's and 1 Limit' policy concerning the deployment request of the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) system by the US Forces Korea, Woo Sang-ho, Emergency Committee Chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, directly refuted, saying "The '1 Limit' is nonsense."

On the 11th, after a press conference at the National Assembly, Chairman Woo told reporters about the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' position that an additional '1 Limit' was pledged, stating, "After the '3 No's policy' request, we have never discussed or agreed on anything else."

On the 10th, Wang Wenbin, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a regular briefing, "The South Korean government has officially pledged the '3 No's (No additional THAAD deployment, no participation in the US missile defense system, no trilateral military alliance among South Korea, the US, and Japan) and 1 Limit (restriction on THAAD operation) regarding the THAAD issue."

In response, Chairman Woo said, "The US is operating (THAAD), so how can we impose any limit?" and added, "China has its own position."

He continued, "How can we impose restrictions on THAAD operation?" and explained, "Even during the previous administration, the '1 Limit' was never discussed. We could not intervene in THAAD."

He further criticized, saying, "It is incomprehensible that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suddenly added the '1 Limit'," and "China is making claims at will."

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