Bloomberg quoted news reports that NATO will not call China a opponent, but it will emphasizePay attention to China.
(Washington / Brussels Comprehensive Electric) According to reports, the North Atlantic Convention Organization is about to announce a new strategic policy, first listed China as a "overall challenge", and expressed attention to the continuous deepening partnership between Beijing and Russia.
The leader of NATO member states will hold a summit in Madrid, the capital of Spain from June 28th to 30th.Bloomberg quoted news that the heads of countries will sign and publish new "strategic concepts", which states the priority of the next 10 years.NATO did not mention China in 2010 when it released a new strategic policy in 2010, and positioned Russia as partners. The content of this time will be very different.
A source required anonymous said that NATO will not call China an opponent, but it will emphasize the attention of China in terms of network security and fake information, controlling key infrastructure, and compliance with rules -based international order.
It is reported that in the past few months, NATO member states have been scrutinating the wording of new strategic policies, especially Chinese terms, and it is more difficult to balance the interests of all parties.For example, Washington has a strong position in China, but Germany and other countries require a gentle position to China in the text.
China often accuses the United States of attempting to curb China through a group.Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned Washington in March this year that he should not try to build a NATO in the Pacific Edition of India to "maintain the hegemony system led by the United States."
According to sources, the NATO allies may agree to maintain contact with China, but Russia is bound to list Russia as a "direct threat" for NATO security.NATO's relationship with Russia must improve the two factors, that is, Russia stopped war in Ukraine and abide by international law.
Some officials revealed that China and Russia announced the establishment of a "unlimited partnership relationship", and China biased towards the Russia in the Russian and Ukraine War, making NATO noticed that the two countries were getting closer, and it was necessary to deal with this problem.
The US National Security Consultant Sarawan said on Monday that the views of NATO and the Seventh -way Group (G7) of the Seventh -way Group (G7) are increasingly consistent with challenging China.
G7 criticized China's trade behavior "opaque and distorted market"
The venue of Shalvin at the German G7 summit told reporters that although Western countries are concerned about China in terms of economy and security, they do not mean that they are seeking a new cold war."We don't intend to divide the world into a group of competing groups, and every country must make a choice."
Salavin also revealed that US President Biden and Chinese officials are expected to have a dialogue in the next few weeks.
G7 member states leader issued a joint statement after the summit on Tuesday, and directly criticized Beijing for the first time, condemning China's international trade behavior of "opaque and distorted markets", and promised to reduce its economic dependence on China.
G7 vowed to "increase the ability to diversify and resist economic coercion and reduce strategic dependence."They also expressed concerns about China's infringement of human rights, calling on Beijing to respect basic freedom.
The number of NATO fast reaction troops increased from 40,000 to 300,000
They are very concerned about the situation of "forced labor" in Tibet and Xinjiang, and also called on China to fulfill China's commitments under the joint statement of Sino -British.According to a joint statement of Sino -British, Beijing agreed that Hong Kong can maintain part of the freedom and autonomous 50 years in the "one country, two systems" model.The statement also urged Beijing to persuade Russia to withdraw troops from Ukraine.
On the other hand, NATO Secretary -General Stoltenberg announced that in order to cope with the era of new strategic competition, NATO will increase the number of rapid reaction forces from the existing 40,000 to 300,000.
He said on Monday that the expansion of the rapid reaction force and a series of related new measures will be part of the largest reform of collective defense and deterrence since the Cold War.
According to the plan, the NATO East Wing is closest to Russia's member states, especially the combat forces of the Baltic countries, and will be upgraded to the brigade level. Thousands of soldiers will be on standby in Germany and other countries in the west, and can be reinforced quickly at any time.
A NATO official said that the transformation plan of the overall troops was completed in 2023, which enabled the troops to be promoted to cross -domain sea, land, air, air, and air, and the network with a larger high -scale combat reserve force and implement the task of defending allies.
