The media learned about China's concern about the US plans to create the Golden Dome missile defense system

Chinese authorities have expressed concern about US plans to create the Golden Dome missile defense system due to fears of the militarization of outer space. This was reported by the Reuters news agency on May 21.

"China is "seriously concerned" about the US project to create the Golden Dome missile defense system," the publication quotes a statement by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning.

According to Mao Ning, the American project increases the risks of the militarization of outer space and the arms race.

"The United States, pursuing a policy of "USA first," is obsessed with the pursuit of absolute security for itself. This violates the principle that the security of all countries should not be jeopardized, and undermines the global strategic balance and stability," Mao Ning said.

In addition, the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the American side to abandon the development of a missile defense system "as soon as possible", as well as to establish measures to strengthen trusting relations between large states.

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Earlier in the day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the implementation of the Golden Dome project was a sovereign matter for the United States. According to him, this is done by all countries that "have the potential for this."

The day before, US President Donald Trump announced the administration's plans to allocate about $175 billion for the Golden Dome system. According to the head of state, the development will take a little less than three years. He said that missile defense would become an "almost perfect" defense system and surpass the Israeli "Iron Dome", which Washington participated in the creation of.