According to him, NATO will remain an alliance of North America and Europe, and will not become a global alliance with members from Asia. RIA News . Stoltenberg added that collective security guarantees apply only to NATO member countries.
At the same time, the secretary general underlined the “profound consequences” that a possible conflict would have for the whole West. He recalled that 50% of containerized freight transits through the Taiwan Strait and that a significant portion of all semiconductors in the world are produced in Taiwan. The economic and commercial consequences of the conflict will therefore be enormous, underlined Stoltenberg.
Earlier, National Security Advisor and former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said the armed conflict in Taiwan could escalate into a full-fledged war between the United States and China. He thus commented on US President Joe Biden’s statement on military assistance to Taiwan in the event of an attempted takeover by China. “This requires urgent attention,” Kissinger stressed.
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