alert!South Korea has completed the matter about "Sad"

Yonhap News Agency reported on the 19th that the South Korean government has completed the provision of land -related procedures for the deployment of the "Sade" anti -missile system to the US military. Following the first land supply of South Korea in 2017, this time the land supply was 400,000 square meters. At this point, the South Korean side reaches 730,000 square meters to the United States (including 330,000 square meters) provided by the United States. Experts interviewed by a reporter from the Global Times on the 19th believe that the promotion of the deployment of "Sad" on the South Korea is likely to drag Sino -South Korean relations into the abyss again and promote the deployment of "Sad" does not meet the interests of both parties.

South Korea ’s foreign department and military people revealed on the 19th that the“ SOFA) joint committee consisting of officials in South Korea ’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the US military commander in Korea signed a land supply document on the 8th of this month, which means that the Korean side The "Sade" base is completed to the United States. Korean media reported that due to the Korean territory of the "Sad" base, the U.S. military in South Korea must be used in accordance with the relevant provisions of the "US US Army Status Agreement". The South Korean government has set up a general environmental impact assessment agreement and transported materials to the base. Some analysts said that the completion of the land supply procedure that shows that the "Sad" base's normal operation procedures have entered the end of the closing stage. The Yonhap News Agency said that the South Korean government will take the goal of completing the EIA work by March next year to accelerate the completion of the environmental assessment report and solicit public opinion. After the EIA, the U.S. military can start construction on the land obtained.

Korean media mentioned that the Yin Xiyue government has expressed the normalization of the "Sad" base in the early days of governing, and accelerated the progress of the environmental impact assessment agreement and ensuring vehicle transportation by the last government's long -term delayed environmental impact assessment agreement. At the beginning of August, the Presidential Office of South Korea proposed that after the end of August to restore the normalization of "Sad", the procedures for interruption over the past few years were rapidly advanced. Since then, the South Korean side regardless of the strong opposition from some surrounding residents, appoint residents' representatives to form an environmental impact assessment agreement, review the environmental impact assessment project and scope, and announce the results.

In addition, on the 4th and 14th of this month, the South Korean government transported engineering equipment and vehicles to the "Sad" base. "Jingxiang News" said at the time that some residents and anti -"Sad" groups strongly opposed these transportation activities, saying that "(the (police) was trampled by the US for the U.S. military" and believed that the normalization of "Sad" was illegal. Jiang Yanxu, a spokesman for anti -"Sad" group, also criticized the Korean government to expand only contradictions.

Zhan Debin, director of the North Korean Peninsula Research Center of Shanghai University of Foreign Economics and Trade, told reporters of the Global Times on the 19th that although facing local residents' protests and Chinese opposition, the current South Korean government's determination to deploy the normalization of "Sade" is very firm.

Chinese Ambassador to South Korea, Xing Haiming, said in an interview with South Korean media earlier that in all alliance of the United States, South Korea was closest to China in geographical location. The United States deployed "Sad" in South Korea, and the X -band radar detection distance of "Sade" is two or three thousand kilometers. It can thoroughly detect Mainland China. It is impossible to ignore it. A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said last month that China has always respected the sovereignty of South Korea and understands the security of the Korean side.

An anonymous analyst told reporters that if the "Sad" base is normalized, it will undoubtedly be a disregard of China's safe concerns, which will seriously affect the healthy development of China -South Korea relations.

Global Times reporter Zhang Yan

Global Times special reporter Han Wen

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