Japan Foreign Minister Lin Fangzheng said that Japan was negotiating on the opening of NATO's first Asian contact office, and said that Russia's invasion of Ukraine destroyed world stability.

The United States CNN reported that Lin Fang was announced on Wednesday (May 10) that the above news was announced in an interview, and the relevant discussions on the opening of the NATO Liaison Office were in progress.detail".

Lin Fang is mentioning > It is said that the world becomes more unstable due to the Russian and Ukraine War. "What happened in Eastern Europe was not only a problem in Europe, but directly affecting the situation here. This is why the cooperation between East Asia and NATO (Positive) becomes ... more and more important. "

He also pointed out that in addition to the Russian and Ukraine War, Japan is still competing with North Korea with nuclear weapons and China's rise in China. The regional security environment is "grim and complex."

Lin Fangzheng said that Japan is not a member of NATO, but this move issued a message, that is, NATO's Asia -Pacific partners are in contact with NATO in a "very stable way".

The opening of NATO liaison office in Japan will marked a major development in the deepening background of the Western Alliance in the geopolitical fault, and may lead to criticism of the Chinese government.

China has previously warned that NATO has expanded its influence to Asia, and responded an angry response to reports on the establishment of a Japanese office before, sayingStablize.

NATO has similar liaison places including Ukraine and Vienna.Japan Economic News (Nikkei) reported last week that the contact offices opened in Japan will be able to discuss issues such as geopolitical challenges, emerging and disruptive technologies, and cyber threats with NATO's liaison offices, such as South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.