Jakarta –
Beijing accuses NATO exaggerate the threat from China and “create a confrontation” with the country. This came as China’s strong response after NATO issued a joint statement on the agreement to work together against the challenges posed by policy China.
As reported by the news agency AFP, Tuesday (15/6/2021), NATO leaders said Monday (14/6), that they will join forces against the “systemic challenges” posed by the China policy.
In his statement, NATO leaders said China’s increasingly assertive actions in building nuclear arsenals and space and cyber warfare capabilities threaten the international order.
The NATO statement was met with anger by the Beijing government through the China Mission to the European Union. In its statement, the China Mission to Europe called on NATO to “look at China’s development rationally, stop exaggerating various forms of ‘China threat theory’ and not use China’s legitimate interests and legal rights as an excuse to manipulate political groups, while artificially creating confrontation”.
China’s mission to Europe warns that China will not sit idly by if others pose a systemic challenge to it, and will closely monitor NATO’s strategic adjustments to China.
“We will steadfastly defend our sovereignty and development interests, and continue to monitor NATO’s strategic adjustments and policies towards China,” the Chinese mission said.
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