BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) — The Asia-Pacific lies past the geographical scope of the North Atlantic and has no want for a reproduction of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin mentioned on Friday.
Wang made the remark at a daily news briefing in response to stories that Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed respectively at interviews that the 2 sides are discussing opening a NATO liaison workplace in Japan.
NATO has publicly said on many events that it stays a regional alliance and doesn’t search a geopolitical breakthrough, Wang mentioned.
“However, we have seen NATO constantly strengthening ties with Asia-Pacific countries, and bent on going east into this region, interfering in regional affairs and inciting bloc confrontation. What is NATO really up to?” Wang mentioned.
He mentioned this calls for top vigilance amongst nations on this planet, significantly within the Asia-Pacific, including that he hopes related events won’t undermine regional peace and stability solely to pursue so-called geopolitical pursuits.
“In the meantime, the rest of the world are looking closely at whether Japan really wants to spearhead NATO’s extension into the Asia-Pacific,” he mentioned.
Asia is without doubt one of the most peaceable and secure areas on this planet and a promising place for cooperation and growth, not a wrestling floor for geopolitical contest. Given Japan’s historical past of militarist aggression over the past century, Japan’s navy and safety strikes have been intently watched by its Asian neighbors and the worldwide group, Wang mentioned.
He urged Japan to attract classes from historical past, keep dedicated to the trail of peaceable growth, and keep away from doing issues that would dismantle belief and have an effect on peace and stability on this area.