Beijing accused the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Tuesday of exaggerating the “Chinese threat theory” and seeking to “create confrontations”, after the leaders of the alliance countries expressed at a summit in Brussels their “concern” about Chinese ambitions, which they said constitute “challenges to the foundations of the order.” international”.
In the closing statement for the first summit attended by US President Joe Biden, the leaders of the alliance said in a statement that “China’s stated ambitions and hegemonic behavior pose systemic challenges to the rules-based international order and related areas of NATO security.” Read also US reports: Russia will provide Iran with spy satellites Because of US sanctions, Russia threatens to leave the International Space Station and build a Russian station China calls on the US and Russia to reduce their nuclear arsenals NATO summit… agreement on a new defense project and on facing the challenges of China and Russia
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urged NATO leaders to stand up to what he called “China’s tyranny and its growing military power”, a shift in focus of the alliance built to defend Europe against the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
