NATO ruled on Wednesday June 29 that China represented a "
challenge
" for the "
interests
" and "
security
" of the Alliance countries, in its new strategic roadmap adopted at its Madrid summit. .
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"
China's declared ambitions and its coercive policies challenge our interests, our security and our values
", writes NATO in this document called "
strategic concept
" and which had not been revised since 2010. It is the first time that this document mentions China, which traditionally did not come under the mission of the Atlantic Alliance.
NATO denounces in particular “
the deep strategic partnership
” between Beijing and Moscow “
and their mutual attempts to undermine the rules-based international order
”.
"
China employs a wide range of political, economic and military tools in order to increase its international influence (...) while remaining opaque on its strategy, its intentions and its military reinforcement
”, continues NATO.
The Alliance points in particular to Beijing's "
ill-intentioned
" cyberattacks, "
disinformation
" and "
confrontational rhetoric
".
“
China is not an adversary but we must take into account the consequences for our security when we see (the) investing heavily in new military equipment
” and trying to “
control essential infrastructure such as 5G networks
”, had said. Wednesday morning NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
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