Foreign Minister China Van and a telephone conversation with the head of NATO Jens Stoleberg called the North Atlantic Alliance to stop expansion to the Asia-Pacific region (ATP) and focus on Europe and North America. It is reported by South China Morning POST.
According to the diplomat, new alliances in the APR can increase confrontation between large powers and ignite a new cold war. “NATO should stick to his original geographic location,” Van and.
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Stoltenberg, in turn, noted that the block was concerned about the “expansion of the Nuclear Arsenal” of China, although he does not consider Beijing as an enemy. In response, the Chinese minister urged NATO leadership to “disinformation and lies about China.”
On September 25, the former Chinese ambassador to UN Sha Tzukan said that China should prepare to apply nuclear weapons to fight back to new alliances. He believes that it is time to “revise and adjust” a long-standing commitment not to apply nuclear strikes first.
Voltage between Washington and Beijing in recent months intensified against the background of competition in the Pacific region. The Chinese authorities claim that most of the international waters in the region belong to the PRC. We are talking about controversial waters in Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and others. The Chinese government takes measures to strengthen the control over the sea routes through which world trade takes place.
In the answer of Canberra (Australia), London and Washington combined efforts in the strategic sphere by creating Aukus Military Alliance. According to officials of the United States, the participants of the Alliance within the partnership agreement intend to counteract Beijing’s strengthening in the military and technological sphere.