NATO Summit Talks with Middle East and African Countries to Strengthen Counterterrorism

The NATO-North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit meeting held in Spain began on the 30th, and the leaders of each country who attended the main agenda was to strengthen anti-terrorism measures in collaboration with the Middle East and African countries. We are exchanging opinions as.

The NATO summit was held in Madrid, Spain, on the second day after 5 pm on the 30th of Japan time.

At the beginning of the meeting, NATO Secretary General of NATO Stoltenberg said in areas such as the political economy and security of the Middle East and African countries due to the effects of the food crisis and global climate change, which are feared by Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. He acknowledged that the challenges in Japan could be exacerbated.

The main agenda of the conference is the strengthening of counter-terrorism measures in collaboration with the Middle East and African countries, and the leaders of the attending countries should ask how to prevent the threat of terrorism from spreading due to the destabilization of the situation in these regions. We are exchanging opinions on whether to work in cooperation with.

At the NATO summit, on the 29th of the first day, a "strategic concept" that summarizes future activity guidelines will be adopted, positioning Russia as the "most serious and direct threat" and strengthening the defense posture of member countries. They agreed that China is an entity that poses challenges to NATO's security.

The NATO summit will be closed with a press conference by Secretary General Stoltenberg shortly after 7 pm on the 30th of Japan time.

Strongly opposed to the "strategic concept" of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China

Zhao Tateken, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, said that NATO = the "strategic concept" adopted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization mentioned that China poses a challenge to NATO's security, interests and values. At a press conference, "It has hurt China's foreign policy and has fueled conflicts with normal military development and national defense policy. It is full of Cold War thinking and ideological prejudice, and is severe. I expressed my concern and firmly opposed it. "

On top of that, Zhao said that Japan and South Korea also attended the summit meeting, saying, "NATO is planning to extend its tentacles to the Asia-Pacific region and create a conflict by the camp through Cold War thinking." Did.