China, Russia denounce US missile plans  Updated May 24, 2008
05:43:00  Russia's new President Dmitry Medvedev and his Chinese
counterpart Hu Jintao have jointly denounced the United States's
plans for a missile shield.  Mr Medvedev is on a two-day state
visit to China and the leaders issued the joint statement issued
after the two leaders met in the Chinese capital.  The statement
said the creation of a global anti-missile defence system
including it deployment in certain parts of the world would not
contribute to maintaining strategic balance and stability.  The
plan would hinder international arms control and non
proliferation efforts as well as cooperation between states and
regional stability.  The United States has proposed to site a
radar in the Czech Republic and interceptor missiles in Poland
as part of a shield to defend against states it considers a
threat, such as Iran and North Korea.  Topics: world-politics,
government-and-politics, china, russian-federation  First posted
May 23, 2008 22:27:00