NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the North Atlantic Alliance will not accept Asian countries into its ranks. He said this in an interview he gave to the newspaper. Washington post.
According to Stoltenberg, NATO will remain an alliance of North America and Europe and will not be global.
“Our collective security guarantee also covers NATO territory,” said the Secretary-General.
Answering a question about the possibility of an alliance conflict with China, Stoltenberg noted that the crisis in and around Taiwan would have “serious consequences”.
In an interview with The Washington Post, NATO Secretary General also declarationThat the European Union (EU) cannot defend Europe without the North Atlantic Alliance.
Stoltenberg also aforementioned that all member states of the alliance support Ukraine’s accession to NATO. According to the Secretary-General, the key issue is timing, so far can’t tell when accession will occur. At the same time, he said NATO member states are helping Ukraine to ensure “interoperability with bloc forces” and to reform and improve its defense and security institutions.