Xi calls for prudence on missile deployment

Seoul should heed security concerns of China, he tells ROK's prime minister

President Xi Jinping urged the Republic of Korea to handle the possible deployment of an advanced US missile-defense system in a "prudent and proper" manner, as he met on Wednesday with ROK Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn.

The president's remarks came a day after the announcement by ROK Defense Minister Han Min-koo that negotiations on when and where to deploy the system, if deployment is approved, will be finished this year.