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Various international organizations, led by the United States, continue to pressure China.
NATO, the security system of the United States and Europe, formalized pressure for the first time, defining China as a 'structural challenge' to the international order.
This is Washington correspondent Yunsu Kim.
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The focus of the joint statement issued by the heads of 30 NATO member states was on China.
It pointed out China as a 'structural challenge' to the international order and security of member states, and contained a content that China's coercive policy was against NATO's values.
[Stoltenberg/NATO Secretary-General: We must work together with our allies to solve (China's) challenges, and confront China to safeguard our security.] This
is the first time NATO has formalized hardline pressure on China
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Unlike former President Trump, who raised the idea of NATO uselessness, NATO responded to President Biden with a united front for China, who declared a 'return of the United States'.
[Biden/President of the United States: Let's make this clear. NATO is an institution of great importance to the interests of the United States. It is an indispensable organization.]
The joint statement also included a statement that North Korea should resume negotiations with the United States for irreversible denuclearization, but it is evaluated that it reflects the will of the United States, which has also become a voice after returning to NATO.
China reacted strongly, saying NATO advises to stop the Chinese threat theory.
After the G7 meeting was over due to repeated US pressure on China, Italy announced that it would reconsider China's participation in the Belt and Road Initiative.
Immediately after the NATO summit, tensions are rising as a US carrier group enters the South China Sea to conduct tactical training and armed demonstrations.
(Video coverage: Oh Jeong-sik, Video editing: Jung Yong-hwa)