MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov met Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou to discuss security in the Northeast Asian region after North Korea conducted a nuclear test in January its fourth to date, and launched a ballistic missile in February.
The United States stepped up efforts at deploying strategic weaponry in South Korea in response to the North Korean violations of UN resolutions.
"[The top diplomats stressed the negative impact of plans to deploy the US THAAD missile defense systems in the Republic of Korea, on the military-political situation in Northeast Asia," the ministry said.
According to the ministry, Moscow and Beijing agreed that confrontation and arms race in the region is inadmissible.
