NATO Chief Urges Allies to Work Together to Defend Against China Threat

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a statement following his meeting with Croatian President at the Presidential office in Zagreb, Croatia, on March 4, 2020. Denis Lovrovic/AFP/Getty Images

BRUSSELS—NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on June 8 urged the 30 members of the world’s biggest military alliance to defend the rules-based global order and to champion democracy amid challenges from Russia and China.

In a speech laying out his vision of NATO for 2030, Stoltenberg said that the U.S.-led organization must become more political, particularly in the wake of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, which exposed a lack of preparedness in many countries and severe weaknesses in their health systems.