NATO categorizes China not as a threat, but as a challenge - Bauer

11 May 2023, 00:43 | Policy 
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The NATO command does not consider China a military threat to the alliance and therefore does not develop plans in case of conflict, the head of the NATO Military Committee, Rob Bauer, said at a press conference in Brussels.

" And we don't make military plans for China,"

At the same time, according to Bauer, the alliance considers Russia and international terrorism a threat.. Therefore, the military command is developing plans specifically in the event of a confrontation with the Russian Federation and terrorists.

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He added that such a position of the alliance does not mean that the command of the armed forces of individual member countries is not engaged in strategic planning in the event of an armed conflict with China..

Recall that against the backdrop of a full-scale war in Ukraine, Japan began negotiations on the opening of a NATO liaison office - the first of its kind in Asia..

Источник: Зеркало недели