DoD News Briefing
Thursday, January 13, 2000 - 1:32 p.m.
Presenter: Mr. Kenneth H. Bacon, ASD PA
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QFrance Presse is reporting out of Taipei that the Taiwanese have deployed Chaparral missiles on a disputed island in the South China Sea. Have you got anything on that?
MR. BACON: They've had Chaparral missiles for a long while. We don't monitor the deployments of missiles like this on a regular basis. All I can tell you is that we have not taken a position on the sovereignty of the Spratly Islands. What we have said is that disputes over the ownership or control of the island should be solved diplomatically and peacefully. And we have also said that attempts to militarize the islands in any way would be a step in the wrong direction, would be a move away from peaceful settlement. We think the only way for the various countries that lay claims to these islands to resolve these claims is diplomatically.
QSo you don't know, in effect, if they have to pull that Chapparal?
MR. BACON: I'm not commenting on the AFP report. I'm not going to comment on the AFP report one way or another.
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