NATO to Engage in Asia-Pacific to Counter China

NATO to Engage in Asia-Pacific to Counter China
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) and President Joe Biden (C) listen as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (C/R) addresses a North Atlantic Council meeting during an extrordinary summit at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on March 24, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has announced that it will begin engaging in the Asia-Pacific region both practically and politically in light of Beijing’s growing influence and coercion and its unwillingness to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Speaking following the meetings of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs on April 7, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the global implications of the Ukrainian conflict had propelled the organisation to step up its engagement with Asia-Pacific partners for the first time.

Victoria Kelly-Clark
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Victoria Kelly-Clark is an Australian based reporter who focuses on national politics and the geopolitical environment in the Asia-pacific region, the Middle East and Central Asia.
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