NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed the importance of NATO’s close cooperation with partners in the Indo-Pacific region, saying Europe cannot ignore what is happening in East Asia. ‘Is because global security is interconnected.
“Working with partners around the world, especially in the Indo-Pacific region, is part of the answer to shaping a more dangerous and unpredictable world,” Stoltenberg said.
“The war in Ukraine shows how interconnected security issues are. It shows that what happens in Europe affects East Asia, and what happens in East Asia matters to Europe,” he said, adding that “the idea that China does not matter for NATO does not work”.
Stoltenberg made the announcement during a visit to Japan, where he also pledged to strengthen ties with Tokyo amid an increasingly tense environment caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and military cooperation. growing Moscow with China.
