NATO Minister of Defense will discuss extensively on the threat of China and Russia

The North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) will hold a meeting of the National Defense Minister after the Bayeng government came to power on Wednesday (February 17) to discuss the challenge facing the organization with 30 member states.NATO Secretary -General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday (February 15) that the meeting would conduct extensive discussions on the threat of China and Russia because China and Russia threatened the rules -based international order.

According to VOA, Stoltenberg said: "China and Russia are at the forefront of authoritarianism and oppose rules -based international order. Therefore, we should strengthen political dialogue and pragmatic cooperation with like -minded partners., To promote our values and protect our interests. "

Stoltenberg said that NATO should discuss a wide range of issues on economic and technology on security on security, not only limited to military issues.

He also said: "More extensive consultations also mean that we should have more close consultations with our partners, especially when we are in response to the consequences of how we cope with the rise of China and the more powerful Russia.Therefore, cooperation with like -minded democratic countries is part of the strengthening of NATO's internal political agenda and political consultation. "

Stoltenberg said that the talks will also focus on discussing NATO's tasks in Afghanistan and Iraq, the impact of climate change on security, and "jointly resolving the changing strategic environment" and "strengthening cross -Atlantic connection".

Stoltenberg expressed his point of view at the press conference on February 15th in the inauguration of Biden: NATO allies need to deal with a series of challenges together: including China's rise, terrorism, Afghanistan and Iraqi IraqQuestions and strong Russia.He said that no country can respond to these challenges alone, but the NATO countries will work together to have a population of 1 billion and half of the world's military and economic forces.

This is the first time that NATO has held a meeting of the Minister of Defense after the U.S. Bynden government.US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will also attend.According to Reuters, U.S. officials said that Minister of Defense Austin will emphasize the United States 'commitment to NATO and the United States' attention to cross -Atlantic partnership at the meeting at the meeting.

The relationship between the United States and some countries in NATO is nervous during President Trump.Trump once called "NATO outdated."Later, he also complained in multiple public places that NATO allies have uneven arms allocation, and the United States has paid too much.At the NATO Summit in 2018, Trump asked NATO member states to use 4%of GDP for national defense expenditure, which is doubled than the current 2%target.This meeting will also discuss the issue of "more fair sharing" of NATO ally's military expenses.

In 2020, the Trump administration also adopted a operation opposite to NATO's position, including withdrawal from the open sky treaty.The open sky treaty is signed by most members of the United States, Russia, and NATO. It will take effect since 2002 to increase military transparency and reduce the risk of conflict.Signing a country can implement non -armed air reconnaissance against each other's territory in accordance with treaties.

In January 2021, before President Trump left, the United States also announced that the number of U.S. military in Afghanistan and Iraq was reduced.

Analysts pointed out that because of these measures of President Trump, the Bayeng government will recover the trust of the European allies in the future will be a challenge.French President Macron has ridiculed NATO in 2019 that he had "brain death" and Europe needed its own defense strategy.

In order to reverse this situation, Austin first called with Stoltenberg on the day of the US Secretary of Defense.This shows the importance of the NATO Alliance to the United States.When the US President Biden later called the British Prime Minister, he also emphasized the important role of NATO on US defense activities.

In order to emphasize Biden's emphasis on NATO, the White House even rarely announced a video of Biden and Stoltenberg.In the video, Biden described the United States' commitment to NATO "sacred." He said he wanted to rebuild his relationship with NATO.

NATO is a cross -Atlantic military alliance that was established because of the threat of the former Soviet Union, but in recent years, NATO's concerns about China have increased.A report in NATO in December 2020 states that Russia will still be the main enemy of NATO in the next 10 years, but the NATO Alliance will focus more on China because China ’s potential threat to NATO is strengthening.The report suggested that NATO will be deterrent to Chinese space activities.