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1st LD Writethru: S.Korea, U.S. defense chiefs make no consultation on THAAD deployment

Xinhua, April 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo said Friday that he did not make any consultations with the visiting U.S. defense chief Ashton Carter about the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), on the Korean Peninsula during their talks.

Han made the comments at a joint press conference held right after the bilateral dialogue with Carter who arrived Thursday in South Korea, the second leg of his first Asian tour since he took office in February.

Before coming to Seoul, Carter made a three-day visit to Japan, one of the two major U.S. allies in Asia along with South Korea.

"The U.S. government hasn't made any decision on the THAAD deployment, so no consultations were made," Han said. Endi