NATO Shares Concerns Over Beijing’s ‘Coercive Policies, Expanding Nuclear Program’

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attends a NATO Foreign Ministers video meeting following developments in Afghanistan at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Aug. 20, 2021. Francisco Seco/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has urged the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to be transparent about its expanding nuclear arms program during a meeting with State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi.

The NATO secretary general and the PRC foreign minister connected during a virtual meeting on Sept. 27 where they discussed NATO-China relations and current international security challenges, Stoltenberg’s office announced in a statement.