2024-07-10 05:48:31
China called them “slanders and attacks” on NATO.
Today, the NATO summit begins in Washington, in which the leaders of Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea are also participating in addition to the leaders of 32 NATO member states.
Stoltenberg said at the press conference before the summit dedicated to NATO’s 75th anniversary that the inclusion of these countries in the summit “shows that our security is not regional, our security is global”. “And this is clearly demonstrated by the war in Ukraine, where Iran, North Korea and China support and encourage Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine,” Stoltenberg said on Monday.
Responding to Stoltenberg’s statements, the Chinese Foreign Ministry sharply criticized the security alliance founded in 1949. “NATO’s so-called security is at the expense of the security of other countries, and its actions have created an extremely high security risk for the world and the region,” a Foreign Ministry spokesman said at a regular press conference in Beijing.
“China strongly opposes NATO’s slander and attacks on China, its willingness to shift the blame, and NATO’s use of China as a pretext to push eastward in the Asia-Pacific region and inflame regional tensions,” the official said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hopes that Western leaders will show strong support for Ukraine at the summit, even though NATO will not offer Ukraine an invitation to join the alliance.
2024-07-10 05:48:31