Published January 16,2024
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg asserted on Tuesday that the alliance has to deal with developments in Asia.
“NATO is a transatlantic alliance, Europe and North America. And we will remain a regional alliance. But the transatlantic region faces global threats. Security is no longer regional; security is global,” he mentioned throughout a panel dialogue on the World Economic Forum in Switzerland’s winter resort of Davos.
According to him, the alliance doesn’t regard China as an adversary however its heavy investments in fashionable army capabilities and habits particularly within the South China Sea, amongst different issues, considerations NATO.
“And we also have to understand that this is not about NATO moving into Asia, but instead about the fact that China is coming close to us,” Stoltenberg mentioned, including: “NATO has to address what happens in Asia, not because of global security lines, but because what happens there not just for us, and vice versa.”
On the state of affairs in Ukraine, the place Russia launched a “special military operation” almost two years in the past, he mentioned there may be area for optimism because the allies are taking concrete steps to proceed to construct Kyiv’s army capabilities.
“At some stage Russia will understand that they’re paying a too high price and sit down and agree to some kind of just peace, but we need to stand by Ukraine,” he mentioned.
He argued {that a} Ukrainian victory, which may include Western assist, is the one method make Russian sit on the negotiation desk.
“There are no indications that Putin is planning for peace now, but he will when he realized that he had that we will not give up that we had the military strength to support Ukraine,” the army alliance chief mentioned.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
