(Reuters) - A security bloc led by China and Russia took a swipe at the United States on Friday, saying the development of unilateral missile defense systems would undermine global security.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which also includes four Central Asian states, did not name the United States in a statement issued at a summit in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe.
But Russia in particular has long been critical of Washington over its plans to build a global missile defense shield and Moscow sees the system as a security threat.
"The unilateral and unlimited capacity of individual states' or groups of states' missile defense systems will be detrimental to international security and strategic stability," the statement said.
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