China’s growing influence is affecting relations between the world powers, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said during a visit to Copenhagen.
“The balance of power in the world is changing because China is becoming an increasing military power,” he said at a meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mete Frederiksen, BTA reported. “China is approaching us. We see it in cyberspace, we see it in space, we see it in Africa and the Arctic. We also see how China is trying to control critical infrastructure here in Europe. All this has its security dimensions,” Stoltenberg warned. .
In June, the Alliance solidified its stance on China, saying Beijing’s behavior posed a “systemic challenge to the rules of international order.” The traditional opponent of the transatlantic defense alliance is Russia, but US President Joe Biden has urged China to join. more in the focus of NATO allies. Today, Stoltenberg reiterated that relations with Moscow were not good, adding that they had not been in such bad shape since the end of the Cold War.
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