July 11, 2024

The Chinese Mission to the European Union (EU) on Thursday lashed out at NATO's North Atlantic Council over the "Cold War mentality and belligerent rhetoric" reflected in its joint declaration released at a summit in Washington on Wednesday.

In the declaration, leaders of NATO member countries allege that China's "ambitions and coercive policies" continue to challenge NATO's interests, security and values. The statement hypes up China-Russia relations for allegedly undercutting and reshaping the rules-based international order and claims that China has become a decisive enabler of Russia's war against Ukraine and poses systemic challenges to Euro-Atlantic security. The declaration also argues that developments in the Indo-Pacific directly affect Euro-Atlantic security and hurls accusations against China in the cyber, space, nuclear and other fields.

"The China-related paragraphs are provocative with obvious lies and smears," said a spokesperson of the Chinese Mission to the EU in a statement. "We firmly reject and deplore these accusations and have lodged serious representations with NATO."

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