NATO is a Cold War remnant and the world’s largest military alliance. Thirty years after the end of the Cold War, NATO continues to expand its geographical scope and the range of operations and engages in bloc politics and confrontation. This is not conducive to global security and stability, Spokesperson of the Chinese Mission to the EU reports.
“China believes that regional security should not be guaranteed by strengthening or expanding military blocs. We call on NATO to abandon the Cold War mentality and ideological bias, respect the sovereignty, security, interests as well as the diversity of civilizations, history and culture of other countries, take an objective and impartial view of other countries’ peaceful development, and do more to increase mutual trust among countries and maintain regional peace and stability,” the statement reads.
Earlier, NATO condemned a joint statement by the presidents of China and Russia in Beijing, saying it contained “an attempt to deny sovereign states’ right to make an independent choice on defense alliances.”